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1936 British film
Sporting Love
Directed byJ. Elder Wills
Written byStanley Lupino (play)
Ingram D'Abbes
Fenn Sherie
Produced byHenry Passmore
StarringStanley Lupino
Laddie Cliff
Lu Ann Meredith
CinematographyEric Cross
Edited byHugh Stewart
Music byBilly Mayerl
Eric Ansell
Jack Beaver
Production
company		Hammer Films
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation
Release date
  • 24 May 1936 (1936-05-24)
Running time67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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. 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

Critical reception

In 1940, Pathescope Monthly called it "A lively comedy you will enjoy!"

References

  1. Wood p.92
  2. "SPORTING LOVE". www.pathefilm.uk.

Bibliography

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

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