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Sporting Love (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sporting Love' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Stanley Lupino, Laddie Cliff and Lu Ann Meredith. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.92 It was based on the musical 'Sporting Love' which Stanley Lupino had written and starred in. Lupino had broken with British International Pictures to make a couple of independent films, but after this he returned to BIP.
Plot
Two brothers in a continual trough of financial depression try to tackle their money problems.
Cast
* Stanley Lupino as Percy Brace
* Laddie Cliff as Peter Brace
* Eda Peel as Maude Dane
* Lu Ann Meredith as Nellie Gray
* Bobbie Comber as Gerald Dane
* Henry Carlisle as Lord Dimsdale
* Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Fanny
* Wyn Weaver as Wilfred Wimple
* Barry Lupino
* Arty Ash
* Syd Crossley
* Merle Tottenham as Maid
Critical reception
In 1940, 'Pathescope Monthly' called it "A lively comedy you will enjoy!"
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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