''The Love Race'' is a 1931 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

Lupino Lane Henry William George Lupino (16 June 1892 – 10 November 1959) professionally Lupino Lane, was an English actor and theatre manager, and a member of the famous Lupino family, which eventually included his cousin, the screenwriter/director/actr ...

and starring Stanley Lupino,

Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry Hobbs (16 December 1882– 21 December 1963), always known as Jack Hobbs, was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Known as "The Mast ...

and Dorothy Boyd. It was adapted from Stanley Lupino's own play of the same name and was produced by

British International Pictures Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned appr ...

. It was shot at the company's

Elstree Studios Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios ha ...

outside

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Duncan Sutherland Duncan Sutherland (1 August 1905 – 1967) was a Scottish-born art director, based in England where he designed the sets for over eighty films and television series between the early 1930s and mid-1960s. Sutherland spent much of the 1940s employ ...

Plot summary

A mix-up with suitcases lands a wealthy racing driver (Stanley Lupino) into an embarrassing situation with his fiancée at a party.

Cast

* Stanley Lupino as Reggie Powley *

as Bobbie Mostyn * Dorothy Boyd as Ida Mostyn * Dorothy Bartlam as Rita Payne *

Frank Perfitt Frank James Robert Perfitt (1880 – 1958) was a British film actor, born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1880. He died in Surrey in 1958. Selected filmography * '' The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1924) * '' Love and Hate'' (1924) * ''The Sins Ye Do'' (1924) * ...

as Mr Powley *

Wallace Lupino Wallace Lupino (23 January 1898 – 11 October 1961) was a British-born stage and film actor who was a member of the Lupino family. He appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1945, most often with his older brother, Lupino Lane. He was born i ...

as Ferdinand Fish *

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 bo ...

as Eustace *Florence Vie as Mrs Mostyn *Doris Rogers as Nernice Dawn

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1931 films 1931 comedy films Films directed by Lupino Lane British auto racing films British comedy films British black-and-white films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub