Sporting Love (film)
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Sporting Love is a 1936 British
musical film
directed by J. Elder Wills
and starring Stanley Lupino
, Laddie Cliff and Eda Peel. It was based on the musical Sporting Life
which Stanley Lupino had written and starred in. Two brothers try to tackle their money problems.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
directed by J. Elder Wills
J. Elder Wills
James Ernest Elder Wills was a British person who had a lengthy career in the film industry.He mainly worked as an art director, but he also worked in other roles, including director....
and starring Stanley Lupino
Stanley Lupino
Stanley Lupino was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer.-Early career:Lupino began his career as an acrobat and made his stage debut in 1913 and first became known as a music hall performer and played in pantomimes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane...
, Laddie Cliff and Eda Peel. It was based on the musical Sporting Life
Sporting Life
Sporting Life may refer to:*A character in Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess*Sportin' Life, an album by Mink DeVille*The Sporting Life , 1918 silent directed by Maurice Tourneur...
which Stanley Lupino had written and starred in. Two brothers try to tackle their money problems.
Cast
- Stanley LupinoStanley LupinoStanley Lupino was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer.-Early career:Lupino began his career as an acrobat and made his stage debut in 1913 and first became known as a music hall performer and played in pantomimes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane...
... Percy Brace - Laddie Cliff ... Peter Brace
- Eda Peel ... Maude Dane
- Lu Ann Meredith ... Nellie Gray
- Bobbie ComberBobbie Comber-Selected filmography:* Brother Alfred * There Goes Susie * Lilies of the Field * Be Careful, Mr. Smith * Sporting Love * A Romance in Flanders * The Singing Cop -External links:...
... Gerald Dane - Henry Carlisle ... Lord Dimsdale
- Clarissa Selwynne ... Aunt Fanny
- Wyn Weaver ... Wilfred Wimple
- Barry LupinoBarry LupinoBarry Lupino , born George Barry Lupino Hook, was a British comedian, film actor and producer. He was the brother of the actor and comedian Stanley Lupino, the father of the actress Antoinette Lupino, and the uncle of the actresses Ida and Rita Lupino.As a television producer he worked on The Fred...
- Arty AshArty Ash-Selected filmography:* The Love Race * Josser on the River * Soldiers of the King * Sporting Love * Guilty Melody * Chinatown Nights * Dear Octopus...
- Syd CrossleySyd CrossleySyd Crossley was an English film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1925 and 1942.He was born in London, England and died in Troon, Scotland...