The Laughter of Fools

The Laughter of Fools is a 1933 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring D. A. Clarke-Smith, Derrick De Marney and Helen Ferrers.It was based on a play by H. F. Maltby.The screenplay concerns an ambitious mother who plans to marry her daughter to a sea captain.The film was a quota quickie made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton by the independent producer George Smith as part of a contract from Fox who needed a supply of films to distribute in order to comply with the terms of the quota.This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub.
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