Falling for You (film) explained

Falling for You
Screenplay:	Jack Hulbert Douglas Furber Robert Stevenson Additional dialogue: Claude Hulbert
Based On:	story by Sidney Gilliat
Starring:	Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge
Music:	Music: Vivian Ellis Lyrics: Douglas Furber Musical director: Louis Levy
Cinematography:	Bernard Knowles
Editing:	R.E. Dearing
Studio:	Gainsborough Pictures Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributor:	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Runtime:	88 minutes
Country:	England
Language:	English

Falling for You is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert, and starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Rival journalists Jack and Minnie (Hulbert and Courtneidge) compete for a scoop about a missing heiress (Tamara Desni). When they track her down to Switzerland, Jack falls for her and Minnie gets to write up the story.

Cast

• Jack Hulbert as Jack Hazeldon
• Cicely Courtneidge as Minnie Tucker
• Tamara Desni as Sondra von Moyden
• Garry Marsh as Archduke Karl
• Alfred Drayton as News editor
• Toni Edgar-Bruce as Aunt Alice (as Tonie Bruce)
• O. B. Clarence as Trubshawe
• Morton Selten as Caldicott
• Ivor McLaren as The Sweep (as Ivor McClaren)
• Leo Sheffield as The Butler

Critical reception

TV Guide gave it two out of five stars, and wrote, "Okay comedy features Hulbert singing three songs and dancing on skis."^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hal Erickson . Escape from Angola (1976) - Leslie Martinson | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related . . 19 January 2017.
2. Web site: Falling for You (1933). https://web.archive.org/web/20180108065654/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9cc0e7. dead. 8 January 2018.
3. Web site: Falling For You. TVGuide.com.