''Hello, Sweetheart'' is a 1935 British

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directed by

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and starring Claude Hulbert,

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and Jane Carr. The film was made by the British subsidiary of

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at the company's Teddington Studios.Wood p.86 It is based on the play ''

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'' by George S. Kaufman.

Plot

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farmer is persuaded to invest in a film company.

Cast

* Claude Hulbert as Henry Pennyfeather *

as Joseph Lewis * Jane Carr as Babs Beverley * Nancy O'Neil as Helen Taylor * Olive Blakeney as Daisy Montrose *

Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a British Liberal Party and Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992. Smith was first active in local politics as ...

as Mac McGuire * Morris Harvey as F.Q. Morse * Felix Aylmer as Peabody * Phyllis Stanley * Johnny Nitt * Marriott Edgar * Carroll Gibbons as Orchestra Leader * Ernest Sefton

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1935 films British comedy films 1935 comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Monty Banks Films shot at Teddington Studios British black-and-white films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub