Public Nuisance No. 1 Explained

Public Nuisance No. 1
Director:	Marcel Varnel
Music:	Benjamin Frankel
Cinematography:	Claude Friese-Greene
Editing:	Edward B. Jarvis
Studio:	Cecil Films
Distributor:	General Film Distributors
Runtime:	78 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

Public Nuisance No. 1 is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Frances Day, Arthur Riscoe and Muriel Aked.^[1] It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.^[2] The screenplay concerns a young man who goes to work as a waiter at his uncle's hotel in Nice.^[3]

Cast

• Frances Day as Frances Travers
• Arthur Riscoe as Arthur Rawlings
• Muriel Aked as Mis Trumps
• Claude Dampier as Feather
• Peter Haddon as Richard Trelawny
• Sebastian Smith as Mr. Snelling
• Robert Nainby as Arthur Rawlings Senior
• Syd Crossley as Policeman
• Anthony Holles as Headwaiter
• Wally Patch as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

References

1. Web site: Public Nuisance No. 1 A Musical Extravaganza (1936) . https://web.archive.org/web/20160915161428/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b3a33be . dead . 15 September 2016 . BFI . 7 July 2016 .
2. Wood p.87
3. Web site: Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936) - Marcel Varnel | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related. AllMovie.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.