''Give Her a Ring'' is a 1934 British

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as brea ...

directed by

Arthur B. Woods Arthur Bickerstaffe Woods (17 August 1904 – 8 February 1944) was an English film director with 27 credits between 1933 and 1940. Woods' films were mainly quota quickies but were diverse in style, from light comedy and musicals to dark crime ...

and starring

Clifford Mollison Clifford Lely Mollison (30 March 1897 – 4 June 1986) was a British stage, film and television actor. He made his stage debut in 1913. He was married to the actress Avril Wheatley. His younger brother was the actor Henry Mollison. Mollison ac ...

Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie (born Marguerite Wendy Jenkins; 18 April 1912 – 2 February 1978) was a British-American film and television actress. Early life Barrie was born in London to English parents. Her father, Francis Charles John Graigoe Jenkin KC ...

, and Zelma O'Neal.BFI.org
/ref> The film was a remake of the 1932 German film ''

Wrong Number, Miss ''Wrong Number, Miss'' (german: Fräulein – Falsch verbunden) is a 1932 German romantic comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Magda Schneider, Johannes Riemann, and Trude Berliner. The film was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin ...

'', and is sometimes known by the title ''Giving You the Stars''.

Stewart Granger Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame thr ...

made an appearance in the film, early in his career.

Plot

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, a worker in a

telephone exchange telephone exchange, telephone switch, or central office is a telecommunications system used in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or in large enterprises. It interconnects telephone subscriber lines or virtual circuits of digital syste ...

falls in love with her employer.

Cast

as Karen Svenson *

as Paul Hendrick * Zelma O'Neal as Trude Olsen *

Bertha Belmore Bertha Belmore (22 December 1882 – 14 December 1953) was an English stage and film actress. Part of the Belmore family of British actors through her marriage to actor Herbert Belmore, she began her career as a child actress in British pantomim ...

as Miss Hoffman * Erik Rhodes as Otto Brune *

Olive Blakeney Olive Blakeney (August 21, 1894 October 21, 1959) was an American actress. Early years Blakeney was born in Kentucky and attended the Cincinnati School of Expression. Career Blakeney played as a super in visiting stage shows at $1 per perfor ...

as Mrs. Brune *

Syd Crossley Syd Crossley (18 November 1885 – 1 November 1960) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London in 1885, Crossley began his career as a music hall comedian. He appeared in more than 110 films, often cast as a butler, between 1925 an ...

as Gustav *

Jimmy Godden Jimmy Godden (11 August 1879 – 5 March 1955) was a British film actor. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and was in the Civil Service before becoming a concert pianist. Godden later turned to the stage and made his debut in pantomime at the ...

as Uncle Rifkin *

Richard Hearne Richard Lewis Hearne (30 January 1908 – 23 August 1979) was an English actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best remembered for his stage and television character Mr Pastry. Career Hearne was born in Norwich, Norfolk, in 1908, the son ...

as Drunk * Nadine March as Karen's friend * Pat Fitzpatrick as Boy *

as Diner

References

External links

* 1934 films 1934 musical films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios 1930s English-language films Films directed by Arthur B. Woods British remakes of German films British black-and-white films British musical films Films set in Copenhagen 1930s British films {{UK-musical-film-stub