''Cup-tie Honeymoon'' was the first
motion picture to be filmed at the
Dickenson Road Studios
Dickenson Road Studios was a film and television studio in Rusholme, Manchester, in North-West England. It was originally set up in 1947 in a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel by the film production company Mancunian Films and was acquired by B ...
by the
Mancunian Film Corporation in 1948, themed around
football.
Plot summary
A business man's son (Powell) has to choose between playing for his father's team and their rivals in a football match. He does the right thing and romantically impresses his father's secretary.
Cast
*
Sandy Powell as Joe Butler
*
Dan Young
Daniel Daly Young (19 April 1899 – 1970) was a British comedian and film actor. He featured in a number of Mancunian Films productions often appearing with Frank Randle.
Selected filmography
* '' Dodging the Dole'' (1936)
* '' Calling All Cr ...
as Cecil Alistair
*
Betty Jumel
Betty Jumel (5 May 190114 October 1990) was a British variety hall entertainer and actress.
Early life
Betty Jumel was born Amy Ada Beatrice Grimshaw in Fairhaven, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire in 1901. She was only 10 years old when she made h ...
as Betty
* Pat McGrath as Eric Chambers
*
Violet Farebrother
Violet Farebrother (22 August 1888 – 27 September 1969) was an English actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1911 and 1965, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and died in Eastbo ...
as Mary Chambers
* Frank Groves as Jimmy Owen
*
Joyanne Bracewell as Pauline May
* Vic Arnley as Grandad
*
Harold Walden as himself
*
Barry K. Barnes as Grumpy customer
*
Pat Phoenix
Patricia Phoenix Booth (born Patricia Frederica Manfield; 26 November 1923 – 17 September 1986) was an English actress who became one of the first sex symbols of British television through her role as Elsie Tanner, an original cast member ...
as Mrs. Butler (credited as Patricia Pilkington)
*
Bernard Youens
Bernard Arthur Popley (28 December 1914 – 27 August 1984), better known by his stage name Bernard Youens, was an English character actor of stage and television, and briefly appeared in radio plays and had cameos in film. He was also a TV ...
as Coalman (uncredited)
* David Edwin Vivian Coker Callan as Policeman
Production
Filmed in
Rusholme
Rusholme () is an area of Manchester, England, two miles south of the city centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,643. Rusholme is bounded by Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north, Victoria Park and Longsight to the east, F ...
,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, much of the shooting took place on local streets and at the nearby
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest a ...
stadium.
Cultural impact
Release of the film coincided with the start of the
1948 football season.
References
External links
All Mancunian Films described here*
1948 films
British association football films
1940s sports films
British black-and-white films
Films shot in Greater Manchester
1940s English-language films
1940s British films
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