''Radio Lover'' is a 1936 British
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by Paul Capon and
Austin Melford
Austin Melford (1884—1971) was a British screenwriter and film director. He was the older brother of actor Jack Melford.
Partial filmography Director
* ''Car of Dreams'' (1935)
* ''Oh, Daddy!'' (1935)
* ''Radio Lover'' (1936)
Screenwriter
* '' ...
and starring
Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor. Among his best-known roles were those of "Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits "50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film ' ...
, Ann Penn and
Betty Ann Davies
Betty Ann Davies (24 December 1910 – 14 May 1955) was a British stage and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1950s. Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran's Youn ...
.
[Wood p.92]
Cast
*
Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor. Among his best-known roles were those of "Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits "50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film ' ...
as Joe Morrison
* Ann Penn as Miss Oliphant
*
Betty Ann Davies
Betty Ann Davies (24 December 1910 – 14 May 1955) was a British stage and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1950s. Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran's Youn ...
as Wendy Maradyck
*
Jack Melford
John Kenneth George Melford Smith (5 September 1899 – 22 October 1972) was a British stage, film and television actor.
Biography
Melford was the younger brother of screenwriter and film director Austin Melford. On stage from the age of 12, ...
as Reggie Clifford
* Cynthia Stock as Miss Swindon
*
Gerald Barry as Sir Hector
* Max Faber as Brian Maradyck
* Eric Pavitt as Boy
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
1936 films
1936 comedy films
British comedy films
Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Films set in England
British black-and-white films
Films scored by Eric Spear
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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