Hot News (1936 film) explained

Hots News
Director:	W. P. Kellino
Producer:	Ian Sutherland
Cinematography:	Jack Parker
Studio:	St. George's Pictures
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Runtime:	77 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

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.^[1]

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

1. Chibnall p.283

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.