Call Me Mame Explained

Call Me Mame
Director:	John Daumery
Producer:	Irving Asher
Studio:	Warner Brothers
Distributor:	Warner Brothers
Runtime:	59 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Call Me Mame is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Ethel Irving, John Batten and Dorothy Bartlam. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.^[1]

Cast

• Ethel Irving as Mame
• John Batten as Gordon Roantree
• Dorothy Bartlam as Tess Lennox
• Winifred Oughton as Victoria
• Julian Royce as Poulton
• Arthur Maude as Father
• Alice O'Day as Mother
• Pat Fitzpatrick as Child
• Carroll Gibbons as Leader of the Savoy Orpheans

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. Chibnall p.271