Hot News (1936 film)
Hots News | |
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Directed by | W.P. Kellino |
Written by | |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jack Parker |
Production company | St. George's Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | March 1936 |
Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Hots News is a 1936 British comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Lupino Lane, 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
- as Betty Mason
- Wallace Lupino as Horace Wells
- as Princess Ina
- Ben Welden as Slug Wilson
- as Barbara O'Neill
- Reginald Long as Prince Stephen
- as Leslie Fredericks
- as Slim McGill
References[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1936 films
- British films
- British comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- 1936 comedy films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films directed by W. P. Kellino
- Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
- Quota quickies
- 1930s British comedy film stubs