Tell Me If It Hurts (1934)

Director:

Richard Massingham

Writer:

Richard Massingham (writer)

Release Date:

31 December 1934 (UK)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

Luncheon at a respectable restaurant. A diner damages a tooth. In intense pain, he telephones his dentist's surgery...

Cast

Russell Waters	...	Patient
Patrick Ross	...	Dentist
Freda Silcock	...	Nurse
Peter Copley	...	Waiter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Massingham	...	The customer

Directed by
Richard Massingham

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Richard Massingham		writer

Produced by
Richard Massingham	....	producer

Original Music by
Harry Platts

Cinematography by
Karl Urbahn

Sound Department
H.L. Sheridan	....	sound

Music Department
Joan Bickers	....	musical director

Production Companies

• Richard Massingham

Other Companies

• Imperial Sound Studios  sound
• The New London Orchestra  music performed by

Runtime:

20 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Richard Massingham

Trivia:

Was banned for a while when first produced because it was alleged "to hold up to ridicule and odium the profession of dentistry", and because "it showed a surgical operation".