Sporting Love (film) explained

Sporting Love
Director:	J. Elder Wills
Producer:	Henry Passmore
Starring:	Stanley Lupino Laddie Cliff Lu Ann Meredith
Music:	Billy Mayerl Eric Ansell Jack Beaver
Cinematography:	Eric Cross
Editing:	Hugh Stewart
Studio:	Hammer Films
Distributor:	British Lion Film Corporation
Runtime:	67 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

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.^[1] 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

Critical reception

In 1940, Pathescope Monthly called it "A lively comedy you will enjoy!"^[2]

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. Wood p.92
2. Web site: SPORTING LOVE. www.pathefilm.uk.