The Laughter of Fools (1933)

Directed by

Adrian Brunel

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An ambitious mother tries to arrange her daughter's marriage to a sea captain. The daughter does not want this match, leading to family conflict.

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What happens

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 written by Brunel and Reginald Beck 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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