The Laughter of Fools

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 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.

Cast

 * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Plunket
 * Derrick De Marney as Captain Vidal
 * Helen Ferrers as Mrs. Gregg
 * Eliot Makeham as John Gregg
 * Granville Ferrier as Hughes Sr.
 * Pat Paterson as Doris Gregg
 * Minnie Taylor as Elizabeth
 * George Thirlwell as Bertie Gregg
 * Dorothy Vernon as Cook
 * Fred Withers as Nuttall