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Mr. Love
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Wikipedia article
'Mr. Love' is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Roy Battersby and starring Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham and Margaret Tyzack.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117175456/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/208451 BFI.org] It was made by Goldcrest Films.
Its budget was 486,000.Alexander Walker, 'Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984-2000', Orion Books, 2005 p31 (Another account says 1.1 million.) Goldcrest Films invested the 486,000 and received 330,000, recording a loss of 156,000.
Plot
A mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him.
Production
The film was filmed at several notable locations in England, mainly in Southport, Merseyside and at Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley."Mr. Love", Turner Classic Movies: [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83715/Mr-Love/articles.html article]. Accessed 23 July 2020.
Gallery
Southport pier - scan02 (cropped).jpg|Southport pier (2000)
Wayfarers Arcade - geograph.org.uk - 97554.jpg|Wayfarers Arcade
Phoenix Auditorium.jpg|Phoenix Cinema
Royal Clifton Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 482067.jpg|Royal Clifton Hotel
Cast
* Barry Jackson as Donald Lovelace
* Marcia Warren as Doris Lovelace
* Maurice Denham as Theo
* Margaret Tyzack as Pink Lady
* Linda Marlowe as Barbara
* Christina Collier as Esther
* Helen Cotterill as Lucy Nuttall
* Donal McCann as Leo
* Jacki Piper as Ida
* Patsy Byrne as Mrs Lunt
* Kay Stonham as Maggie Capstick
* Alan Starkey as Landau man
* Tony Melody as Ferris
* Lill Roughley as Housewife
* Julia Deakin as Melanie
References
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