Holiday Lovers Explained

Holiday Lovers
Director:Jack Harrison
Producer:Harry Cohen
Screenplay:Leslie Arliss
Starring:Margery Pickard
George Vollaire
Pamela Carme
George Benson
Cinematography:Horace Wheddon
Studio:Harry Cohen Productions
Fox Film British
Distributor:Fox Film Company
Runtime:46 min
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Holiday Lovers is a 1932 romantic comedy film from the United Kingdom. It is written by notable screenwriter and director Leslie Arliss, directed by Jack Harrison and stars Margery Pickard, George Vollaire, Pamela Carme and George Benson in his debut role. Filming took place at Wembley Studios under the supervision of Hugh Perceval, the head of Fox productions U.K, with production design by J. Elder Wills. It is the first film of Harry Cohen Productions and marks the return of film making to Wembley Studios after a major fire.[1] [2] [3]

When a man and woman of modest means meet on a Brighton pier they begin a holiday romance. However, when they each act rich to dupe the other, there are unintended consequences.[4]

Cast

Release

"Holiday Lovers" premiered on 10 November 1932 at The Hippodrome, London in a Fox Film double bill with "Six Hours to Live", a U.S. science fiction thriller.[5] [6]

Reception

In his review for The Era newspaper on 16 November 1932 Jack Payne wrote that Holiday Lovers "opens brightly but flops mid way. Naive story likely to cause some laughter in the wrong places."[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. The Filmgoer's Companion edited by Leslie Halliwell-
  2. Halliwell's Film Guide by Leslie Halliwell
  3. News: Wembley Working Again . The Era . London . 5 October 1932 . 9 . 16 April 2016 . . subscription .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310130947/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b727bfc0e/ Holiday Lovers
  5. News: Holiday Lovers . The Era . London . 9 November 1932 . 10 . .
  6. Web site: Six Hours to Live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140827004849/https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9803E1D91131E333A25751C2A9669D946394D6CF . 2014-08-27 . . - New York Times review by Mordaunt Hall 22 October 1932
  7. News: Jack Payne Says It . The Era . London . 16 November 1932 . 9 . 16 April 2016 . . subscription .