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Sporting Love
''Sporting Love'' is a musical written by Stanley Lupino with music by Billy Mayerl, lyrics by Desmond Carter and Frank Eyton. Produced by Lupino, it opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London on 31 March 1934 and ran for 302 performances, closing on 26 January the following year. In 1936 it was adapted as a film '' Sporting Love'' starring Lupino, featuring some of the original stage cast. bfi.org.uk Plot Brothers Percy and Peter Brace scheme to avoid imminent bankruptcy by gambling on the horses. They would also dearly love to marry to marry sisters Mabel and Maude, if only the girls' hostile father Gerald could be brought round. The brothers hit on a mad cap scheme to inherit money from a rich aunt, but farcical mix-ups ensure things do not go according to plan. Stage cast |
Sporting Love (film)
''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 * Stanley Lupino as Percy Brace * Laddie Cliff as Peter Brace * Eda Peel as Maude Dane * Lu Ann Meredith as Nellie Gray * Bobbie Comber as Gerald Dane * Henry Carlisle as Lord Dimsdale * Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Fanny * Wyn Weaver as Wilfred Wimple * Barry Lupino * Arty Ash * Syd Crossley * Merle Tottenham Merle Tottenham (22 January 1901 – 18 July 1958) was a British stage and film actress. Her stage work included the original West End production of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Love (1934 Stage Musical)
''Sporting Love'' is a musical written by Stanley Lupino with music by Billy Mayerl, lyrics by Desmond Carter and Frank Eyton. Produced by Lupino, it opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London on 31 March 1934 and ran for 302 performances, closing on 26 January the following year. In 1936 it was adapted as a film ''Sporting Love'' starring Lupino, featuring some of the original stage cast. bfi.org.uk Plot Brothers Percy and Peter Brace scheme to avoid imminent bankruptcy by gambling on the horses. They would also dearly love to marry to marry sisters Mabel and Maude, if only the girls' hostile father Gerald could be brought round. The brothers hit on a mad cap scheme to inherit money from a rich aunt, but farcical mix-ups ensure things do not go acco ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Lupino
Stanley Richard Lupino Hook (15 June 1893 – 10 June 1942), known professionally as Stanley Lupino, was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer. During the 1930s, Lupino appeared in a successful series of musical comedy films, often based on his already popular stage shows. Career Lupino was a member of the celebrated theatrical Lupino family. His father was the actor George Lupino. He was the brother of actor Barry Lupino (1884–1962) and the father of Ida Lupino. Lupino began his career as an acrobat. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 6 as a monkey in ''King Klondyke''. After prize fighting for a while, he toured with the Albert and Edmunds troupe of acrobats, the Brother Luck and other vaude units. In 1910 he appeared in ''Dick Whittington'', and 4 years later was signed by his brother, Barry, for a role in ''Sleeping Beauty''. He first became known as a music hall performer and played in pantomimes at the Theatre Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Mayerl
William Joseph Mayerl (31 May 1902 – 25 March 1959) was an English pianist and composer who built a career in music hall and musical theatre and became an acknowledged master of light music. Best known for his syncopated novelty piano solos, he wrote over 300 piano pieces, many of which were named after flowers and trees, including his best-known composition, ''Marigold'' (1927). He also ran the successful School of Syncopation for whose members he published hundreds of his own arrangements of popular songs. He also composed works for piano and orchestra, often in suites with evocative names such as the 'Aquarium Suite' (1937), comprising "Willow Moss", "Moorish Idol", "Fantail", and "Whirligig". Early life Mayerl was born in 1902 on London's Tottenham Court Road, near the West End theatre district. His father, a violin player, attempted to introduce him to the violin age of four, but failed. After noticing his affinity to the piano, he started him with piano lessons,. By ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Carter
Herbert Desmond Carter (15 June 1895 – 3 February 1939) was a British lyricist who worked with George and Ira Gershwin, Ivor Novello, and others, and also wrote one of the first English language versions of the notorious "suicide song", "Gloomy Sunday". He was born in Bristol. In 1924 he wrote most of the lyrics for the London musical '' Primrose'', for which Gershwin wrote the music, his first commission outside the US. The musical was revived in 2003, when one reviewer wrote: "...by far the most outstanding contribution to ''Primrose'' is the comedy lyrics of Desmond Carter, who penned the words to seventeen of the score's twenty-two songs and collaborated with Ira Gershwin on four of the remaining five. Two among them, "Isn't It Horrible What They Did to Mary, Queen of Scots" and "That New Fangled Mother of Mine," shine with humor and wordplay worthy of Noel Coward." In 1936, Carter wrote English lyrics for the song "Gloomy Sunday" (''"Szomorú vasárnap"''), which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Eyton
Frank Eyton (30 August 1894 – 11 November 1962) was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's " Body and Soul" (1930) with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour. Frank Eyton biographyat Allmusic - retrieved on 18 May 2009 Most of Eyton's work was collaborations with Noel Gay and Billy Mayerl in London-based musical theatre. With Mayerl as composer, Eyton co-wrote with Desmond Carter the lyrics for the celebrated sequence "Side by Side" from ''Over She Goes'' (filmed 1938). His most successful play was the 1948 musical farce, ''Bob's Your Uncle'', written in collaboration with Gay.Frank Eyton at ''jazzbiographies.com'' - retrieved on 18 May 2009 With Gay, Eyton wrote the popular song "All Over The Place" for the 1940 film '' |
Gaiety Theatre, London
The Gaiety Theatre was a West End theatre in London, located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand. The theatre was first established as the Strand Musick Hall in 1864 on the former site of the Lyceum Theatre. In 1868, it became known as the Gaiety Theatre and was, at first, known for music hall and then for musical burlesque, pantomime and operetta performances. From 1868 to the 1890s, it had a major influence on the development of modern musical comedy. Under the management of John Hollingshead until 1886, the theatre had early success with ''Robert the Devil'', by W. S. Gilbert, followed by many other burlesques of operas and literary works. Many of the productions starred Nellie Farren. Hollingshead's last production at the theatre was the burlesque ''Little Jack Sheppard'' (1885–86), produced together with his successor, George Edwardes. Edwardes's first show, ''Dorothy'', became a long-running hit. In the 1880s and 90s, the theatre had further success with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laddie Cliff
Laddie Cliff (3 September 1891–8 December 1937) was a British dancer, choreographer, actor, producer, writer, and director of comedy, musical theatre and film. He was noted for his versatility. His many London West End theatre appearances and films included a long association with fellow thespian Stanley Lupino. He was married to the actress Phyllis Monkman. He died in 1937 after a period of ill health. Birth and launch of career Born Clifford Albyn Perry on 3 September 1891 in Bristol, Laddie Cliff first toured in British, Australian, and American variety.John Kenrick, "Who's Who in Musicals", 2004, from Musicals101.com Accessed 13 February 2016] US Vaudeville work 1907-8 In his early career, Laddie Cliff toured the US extensively in vaudeville, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rigby (actor)
Arthur Rigby (born Arthur Turner; 27 September 1900 – 25 April 1971) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for playing Sgt Flint on the TV series ''Dixon of Dock Green'', appearing in 253 episodes from 1955 to 1965. He also appeared with ''Dixon'' 's star Jack Warner in the 1949 film ''The Blue Lamp'', which was also the film in which the character of PC George Dixon was created. As a writer, Rigby co-wrote the book (with Stanley Lupino), for the musical play ''So This is Love'', which ran for 321 performances at the Winter Garden Theatre in London's West End in 1928. This was adapted to film twice, first as '' Love Lies'', in 1932, and then as ''Lucky to Me'' in 1939. Rigby also co-wrote (with Stanley Brightman), the musical comedy ''Darling, I Love You'', which ran for 147 performances at London's '' Gaiety Theatre'' in 1930, and was also later filmed as ''The Deputy Drummer'' (1935). He additionally supplied stories and scripts for the films '' Puppets of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Browne
Marjorie Browne (1910–1990) was a British musical theatre actress who made occasional films. Her West End appearances included the original productions of Cole Porter's '' Wake Up and Dream'' at the London Pavilion in 1929; Stanley Lupino's musical ''Sporting Love'' at the Gaiety in 1934; and as Marjanah in the revival of ''Chu Chin Chow'' at the Palace in 1940. Filmography * ''Lassie from Lancashire ''Lassie from Lancashire'' is a 1938 British romantic musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Marjorie Browne, Hal Thompson and Marjorie Sandford. It was made by British National Films at Welwyn Studios. The film's a ...'' (1938) * '' Laugh It Off'' (1940) * '' I Didn't Do It'' (1945) References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Marjorie 1910 births 1990 deaths British stage actresses British film actresses English musical theatre actresses 20th-century British actresses 20th-century English women 20th-century English people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arty Ash
Arty Ash, real name Arthur Richard Dodge (14 April 1895 – 6 February 1954) was a British actor. He is well known for appearing with Leslie Sarony in ''Clonk!'' (1928), a short comedy film made in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Ash was born Arthur Richard Dodge in 1895, at Lambeth, London, England to Arthur Oliver Dodge and Mary Jane Dodge (née Nidd). He married Marie Florence Goldshede in 1917 and had two children, Daphne and Clive. Selected filmography * ''The Love Race'' (1931) * '' Love Lies'' (1931) * ''Josser on the River'' (1932) * ''Soldiers of the King'' (1933) * '' Honeymoon for Three'' (1935) * ''Sporting Love'' (1936) * '' Cheer Up'' (1936) * ''Guilty Melody'' (1936) * '' Chinatown Nights'' (1938) * ''Dear Octopus ''Dear Octopus'' is a comedy by the playwright and novelist Dodie Smith. It opened at the Queen's Theatre, London on 14 September 1938. On the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 the run was halted after 373 performances; after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilly Flower
Gilly Flower (26 August 1908 – 17 February 2001) was an English actress and model, best remembered as the elderly Miss Abitha Tibbs in the BBC sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''. Flower played Miss Tibbs in all twelve episodes of the show, which was produced in two six-episode series separated by a three-and-a-half-year interval. A native of London, Flower had her first film role in 1932 and, with the advent of television in Britain, she found a new outlet for her talents, continuing to appear in such programmes as ''Z-Cars'', ''Steptoe and Son'' and ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' is a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. It is based on a series of novels written by David Nobbs and produced from 1976 to 1979. Nobbs adapted the screenplay for the first series ...''. Early in her career, Flower was also a model and seven portrait photographs taken by Bassano, in which she is modelling hats from Kembray, may to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
