Take My Tip

For the first song written by David Bowie to be released on record, see I Pity the Fool § The Manish Boys (with David Bowie) version. For the winner of various 1920s thoroughbred horse races, see Grand Prix de Paris.

Take My Tip
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Directed byHerbert Mason
Written by
Produced byMichael Balcon
Starring
CinematographyBernard Knowles
Edited byCharles Saunders
Music byBretton Byrd
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 7 May 1937 (1937-05-07) (London)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Take My Tip is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Mason (who stage managed some musical revues in the past), produced by Michael Balcon and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Harold Huth and Frank Cellier.[1]

It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush.[2] The film's sets were designed by art director Ernö Metzner. Songs featured include "I Was Anything but Sentimental" and "I'm Like a Little Birdie out of My Cage".[3]

  1. ^ "Take My Tip (1937)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  2. ^ Wood p.92
  3. ^ Sandra Brennan. "Take My Tip (1937) - Herbert Mason - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.