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O-Kay for Sound is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Marcel Varnel with Fred Duprez
O-Kay for Sound (1937)
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Add to a movie listO-Kay for Sound is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Crazy Gang troupe of comedians. After falling on hard times the members of the Crazy Gang are busking on the streets of London. However, they are hired as extras on a film set. After arriving at the studios they are mistaken for a group of potential investors and given free run of the studios, causing chaos.
The film was based on a stage work by Bert Lee and R.P. Weston. It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.
Actors
Fred Duprez
(Hyman Goldberger)
Meinhart Maur
(Guggenheimer)
Graham Moffatt
(Albert, the page boy)
Enid Stamp Taylor
(Jill Smith, secretary)
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