The Love Wager Explained

The Love Wager
Director:	A. Cyran
Producer:	E.A. Fell
Starring:	Pat Paterson Frank Stanmore Wallace Douglas
Studio:	Anglo-European
Distributor:	Paramount British Pictures
Runtime:	64 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Love Wager is a 1933 British comedy film directed by A. Cyran and starring Pat Paterson, Frank Stanmore and Wallace Douglas.^[1] It was released by Paramount Pictures as a quota quickie.^[2]

Plot summary

Before he can receive her father's consent a young man works to try to earn £1,500 in a year to marry his girlfriend.

Cast

• Pat Paterson as Peggy
• Frank Stanmore as Shorty
• Wallace Douglas as Peter Neville
• Morton Selten as General Neville
• Moira Dale as Auntie Prue
• Harold Saxon-Snell as Huxter
• Hugh E. Wright as Noakes
• Philip Godfrey as Ed Grimes

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207164003/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/269398 BFI | Film & TV Database | The LOVE WAGER (1933)
2. Chibnall p.273

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth 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.