The Calendar is a 1931 British drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey. Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations. He decides to get his own back with the help of Hillcott, an ex-burglar. Jill is the love interest.BFI Database entry It was released as Bachelor's Folly in the United States.
The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.71 It was based on The Calendar, a 1929 play and subsequent novel by Edgar Wallace. A remake was released in 1948.
Cast Herbert Marshall as Gerry Anson Edna Best as Jill Panniford Anne Grey as Wenda Panniford Gordon Harker as Sam Hillcott Nigel Bruce as Lord Willie Panniford Alfred Drayton as John Dory Leslie Perrins as Henry Lascarne Allan Aynesworth as Edmund Garth Melville Cooper as Mr. Wayne John Charlton as Swell J.B. Spendlove as Jockey
See also List of films about horses List of films about horse racing
References
Bibliography Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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