Apron Fools

Apron Fools
Trade Show advertisement (The Daily Film Renter, 18 June 1936)
Directed byWidgey R. Newman
Screenplay byJohn Quin
Produced byHarry S. Marks
Production
company
Marks Picture Corporation
Release date
  • 1936 (1936)
Running time
34 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Apron Fools is a 1936 British short comedy film directed by Widgey R. Newman and starring Wally Patch and Hal Walters. It was written by John Quin, and made as a quota quickie.

Preservation status

The British Film Institute National Archive holds no stills or ephemera, and no film or video materials.

Plot

The heroine is the young daughter of a local alderman, who is acting the role of a parlourmaid in the village church's amateur dramatic society. Reggie, the wealthy son of a knight, falls for her, but assumes she is actually a servant girl. His father, on meeting an ugly duckling maid at the heroine's house, incorrectly thinks she is his son's paramour, and objects to the romance.

Cast

Reception

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Continuity is jerky and production values crude, while the mediocre plot is poor in entertainment angles, most of which derive from robust parvenu study by Wally Patch, whose downright cockney comedy is subject's only saving grace. For uncritical patrons. It is not possible to arouse much interest for this somewhat crude effort, although preview laughs were forthcoming on account of a robust cockney study by Wally Patch, despite his lamentable material. ... Production values, continuity, and story angles are extremely poor, while the cast are hard put to it to infuse life into crude dialogue and banal situations."

Kine Weekly wrote: "Unpretentious little comedy."

Picture Show called the film "Dull comedy."

References

  1. 1 2 "Apron Fools". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Chibnall, Steve (2007). Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute. p. 287. ISBN 978-1844571550.
  3. 1 2 "Apron Fools". The Daily Film Renter (2897): 5. 3 July 1936. ProQuest 3303421786.
  4. ↑ "Apron Fools". Kine Weekly (1523): 27. 25 June 1936. ProQuest 2338233403.
  5. ↑ "Apron Fools". Kine Weekly (1524): 6. 2 July 1936. ProQuest 2338210970.
  6. ↑ "Apron Fools". Picture Show. 36 (918): 10. 28 November 1936. ProQuest 1880296874.