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{{Infobox film
| name = Things Are Looking Up
| image = Things_Are_Looking_Up_(1935_film).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Albert de Courville]]
| producer =[[Michael Balcon]] [[Herbert Mason]] [[Alexander Korda]] (uncredited)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/alexander-korda|title=''Alexander Korda''}} -The Open University. Accessed 2015-12-29</ref>
| writer = [[Stafford Dickens]] [[Daisy Fisher]] Con West [[Albert de Courville]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Cicely Courtneidge]] [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] [[William Gargan]] [[Mary Lawson (actress)|Mary Lawson]]
| music = [[Louis Levy]]
| cinematography = [[Charles Van Enger]] [[Glen MacWilliams]]
| editing = [[R. E. Dearing]]
| studio = [[Gaumont British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor = [[Gaumont British Distributors]]
| released = {{Film date|1935}}
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Things Are Looking Up''''' is a 1935 British musical [[comedy film]] directed by [[Albert de Courville]], produced by [[Michael Balcon]] for [[Gaumont British]] and starring [[Cicely Courtneidge]], [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] and [[William Gargan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Things Are Looking Up 1935|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Things-Are-Looking-Up_1935|website=britmovie.co.uk|publisher=Britmovie Home of British Films|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref><ref>Cook, 1997, p. 188</ref> It was made at [[Islington Studios]] by [[British Gaumont]], an affiliate of [[Gainsborough Pictures]].<ref>Wood, 1986 p.84</ref> The film's sets were designed by [[Alex Vetchinsky]]. The film was distributed by [[Gaumont British Distributors]].

Courtneidge plays a [[dual role]] as the sisters Bertha and Cicely Fytte. Bertha is a dour schoolteacher, while the bubbly Cicely runs a nearby circus. When Bertha [[elope]]s, Cicely takes her place at the school to prevent her from getting the sack. It was the film debut for [[Vivien Leigh]].<ref>Howard Reid, 2005, p. 205</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vivien Leigh |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp02690/vivien-leigh |website=npg.org.uk |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |quote=Leigh made her British film debut in Things Are Looking Up}}</ref>

''Things Are Looking Up'' was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom in 1935.

==Plot==

Cicely Fytte is a circus equestrienne and the twin sister of Bertha Fytte who disapproves of her. Bertha is a strict schoolteacher at a girls' boarding school and not well liked by the girls. One day Bertha elopes with a wrestler so Cicely temporarily takes her place as teacher for one day - to prevent her from losing her job. Cicely is livelier and not as disapproving as Bertha so the girls are initially surprised by Cicely's bubbly personality - unaware that she isn't Bertha. A series of comical events follow: up-beating singing in a music class (leading to the composition of the song "Things Are Looking Up"), winning a tennis match at Wimbledon (despite not having as much experience as Bertha and breaking a racket) and trying to teach geometry (despite not knowing the subject). In spite of her unorthodox methods, she becomes successful and by the time Bertha (having been shortlisted to succeed the retiring headmistress) returns, she becomes headmistress. As soon as Bertha comes back to the school, Cicely leaves with the music teacher, Van Gaard in his car and they sing their song from the music lesson Cicely covered - ''Things Are Looking Up''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=David Quinlan |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959 |date=1984 |publisher=Batsford |page=160}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Things Are Looking Up 1935 DVD |url=https://www.oldrarefilms.com/things-are-looking-up-1935-dvd---cicely-courtneidge--mary-lawson-2419-p.asp |website=oldrarefilms.com |publisher=Old Rare Films |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

==Cast==
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* [[Cicely Courtneidge]] as Cicely Fytte / Bertha Fytte
* [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] as Joey
* [[William Gargan]] as Van Gaard
* [[Mary Lawson (actress)|Mary Lawson]] as Mary Fytte
* Mark Lester as Chairman
* [[Henrietta Watson]] as Miss McTavish
* Cicely Oates as Miss Crabbe
* [[Judy Kelly]] as Opal
* [[Dick Henderson]] as Mr. Money
* [[Dickie Henderson]] as Mr. Money's Son (billed as Dick Henderson Jr.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b780131c1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111223842/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b780131c1|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2017|title=Things Are Looking Up (1935)}}</ref>
* [[Charles Mortimer]] as Harry
* [[Hay Plumb]] as Tennis Umpire
* [[Danny Green (actor)|Danny Green]] as Big Black Fox
* [[Suzanne Lenglen]] as Madame Bombardier
* [[Vivien Leigh]] as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
* [[Alma Taylor]] as Schoolmistress (uncredited)
* Wyn Weaver as Governor (uncredited)
* [[Ian Wilson (actor)|Ian Wilson]] as Drummer in Band (uncredited)
{{div col end}}

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' called the film a "quite good comedy," and rated it two out of four stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/things-are-looking-up/review/126659/|title=Things Are Looking Up|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> David Quinlan describes the film as a comedy dominated by Cicely Courtneidge.<ref>{{cite book |author1=David Quinlan |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959 |date=1984 |publisher=Batsford |page=160}}</ref>

''Halliwell's Film & Video Guide'' described the film as a "[lively] star vehicle for an oddly matched team."<ref>{{cite book |author1=John Walker |title=Halliwell's Film & Video Guide |date=1998 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] Publishers |page=771 |edition=13}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*Cook, Pam. (1997). ''Gainsborough Pictures''. Performing Arts
*Howard Reid, John. (2005). ''Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment''. [[Lulu.com]]
*Quinlan, David. (1984). ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959''. Batsford
*Walker, John. (ed). (1998). ''Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 1998''. [[HarperCollins]] Entertainment. 13th edition
*Wood, Linda. (1986). ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0027090}}
* [http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Things-Are-Looking-Up_1935 ''Things Are Looking Up''] Britmovie | Home of British Films
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171111223842/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b780131c1 ''Things Are Looking Up''] [[BFI]]
* [https://www.parkcircus.com/film/104561-Things-Are-Looking-Up ''Things Are Looking Up''] [[Park Circus]]
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/things-are-looking-up ''Things Are Looking Up''] [[Rotten Tomatoes]]

{{Albert de Courville}}
{{Michael Balcon}}

[[Category:1935 films]]
[[Category:1935 musical comedy films]]
[[Category:British musical comedy films]]
[[Category:Films set in England]]
[[Category:Islington Studios films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Albert de Courville]]
[[Category:Films produced by Herbert Mason]]
[[Category:Films produced by Michael Balcon]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Louis Levy]]

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