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'Hots News' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Lupino Lane, Phyllis Clare and Wallace Lupino.

It was made as a quota quickie at Cricklewood Studios.Chibnall p.283

Synopsis



An idiot working as a guest reporter on a newspaper gets entangled with Chicago gangsters.

Cast



* Lupino Lane as Jimmy Selby

* Phyllis Clare as Betty Mason

* Wallace Lupino as Horace Wells

* Barbara Kilner as Princess Ina

* Ben Welden as Slug Wilson

* Glen Raynham as Barbara O'Neill

* Reginald Long as Prince Stephen

* Fred Leslie as Leslie Fredericks

* George Pughe as Slim McGill

References





Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.

* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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