Love on Wheels
| Love on Wheels | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Victor Saville |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by |
Ernst Angel Franz Schulz Angus MacPhail Robert Stevenson Victor Saville |
| Starring |
Jack Hulbert Leonora Corbett Gordon Harker Edmund Gwenn |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
Release dates | 1932 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Love on Wheels is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jack Hulbert, Leonora Corbett, Gordon Harker and Edmund Gwenn.[1]
Synopsis
A daily commuter on a Green Line bus from the suburbs to Central London Fred Hopkins romantically pursues a fellow passenger Jane with the help of Briggs the bus conductor. His hopes are thwarted when he is fired from his job at a major department store. However he is eventually able to return, securing both his dream job as advertising manager in charge of window dressing and the girl he loves.
Cast
- Jack Hulbert - Fred Hopkins
- Leonora Corbett - Jane Russell
- Gordon Harker - Briggs
- Edmund Gwenn - Philpotts
- Tony De Lungo - Bronelli
- Percy Parsons - American Crook
- Roland Culver - Salesman
- Miles Malleson - Academy of Music Porter
- Martita Hunt - Piano Demonstrator
- Maria Milza - Mrs Bronelli
Production
The film was made at the Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures. Gainsborough was part of the larger Gaumont British empire, and specialised in making comedies during the 1930s. Hulbert became one of the studio's top start during the early 1930s, often appearing with his wife Cicely Courtneidge.
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