Everything Happens to Me is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Max Miller, Chili Bouchier and H. F. Maltby. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers The film's sets were designed by the art directors Peter Proud and Michael Relph.

Everything Happens to Me
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	John Dighton Austin Melford
Produced by	Jerome Jackson
Starring	Max Miller Chili Bouchier H. F. Maltby
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Edited by	Leslie Norman
Music by	Louis Levy
Production company	Warner Brothers
Distributed by	Warner Brothers-First National Productions
Release date	December 1938
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Synopsis

The film features Miller as a vacuum-cleaner salesman volunteering as an election agent to canvas on behalf of prospective candidate Arthur Gusty (Maltby). However, when he learns from nurse Sally Green (Bouchier) that Gusty is a crook who has been systematically siphoning off funds from the local orphanage into his own pocket, he withdraws his support and throws himself whole-heartedly behind the campaign of Gusty's honourable opponent Norman Prodder (Frederick Burtwell).

Cast

• Max Miller as Charles Cromwell
• Chili Bouchier as Sally Green
• H. F. Maltby as Arthur Gusty
• Frederick Burtwell as Norman Prodder
• Norma Varden as Mrs. Prodder
• Allan Jeayes as Bill Johnson
• Winifred Izard as Mrs. Gusty
• Hal Walters as Jack

The title song and another within the film were written by Fred Godfrey.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Everything Happens to Me at IMDb
• Everything Happens to Me at BFI Film & TV Database
• Miller's Movies at Max Miller information site

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