The Love Match (Original title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 14 March 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: David Paltenghi
Synopsis: Bill Brown and Wally Binns get into trouble over a football match after racing their railway engine home in order to get to the match in time.
Genres: Comedy, Sport
Releases
Date: February 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7729 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: British Lion Film Corporation
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2486 17 Feb 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v22 n255 April 1955 Page: 58
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n255 April 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v84 n7202 10 Feb 1955 Page: 10
Title: [Today's Cinema - v84 n7202 10 Feb 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2458 5 Aug 1954 Page: 22
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2458 5 Aug 1954: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetyBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: N-401812
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-443568
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1979BFI identifier: N-3622490
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 14 March 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: David Paltenghi
Synopsis: Bill Brown and Wally Binns get into trouble over a football match after racing their railway engine home in order to get to the match in time.
Genres: Comedy, Sport
Releases
Date: February 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7729 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: British Lion Film Corporation
Credits
(30)
Production Company: Group 3, Production Company: Beaconsfield Films Ltd., [Executive Producer]: John Baxter, Producer: Maclean Rogers, Production Manager: E.S. Laurie, Assistant Director: Jim O'Connolly, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Peter Crowhurst, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay: Geoffrey Orme, Additional Dialogue: Glenn Melvyn, Based on the play by: Glenn Melvyn, Director of Photography: Arthur Grant, Camera Operator: Ken Hodges, [Focus Puller]: Richard Bayley, [Clapper Loader]: Eric Williams, [Stills]: Richard Cantouris, Editor: Joe M. Sterling, [Assistant Editor]: Hugh Marryat, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Ron Fowler, Art Director: Bernard Robinson, [Draughtsman]: Eric Saw, Wardrobe: Vi Murray, Make-up: Gerry Fairbank, Music/Music Conductor: Wilfred Burns, Sound Recording: Len Page, [Sound Recording]: H.L. Bird, [Sound Camera Operator]: Al Thorne, [Boom Operator]: Tom Otter, Sound Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins
Cast
(22)
Arthur Askey (Bill Brown), Glenn Melvyn (Wally Binns), Thora Hird (Sal Brown), Shirley Eaton (Rose Brown), James Kenney (Percy Brown), Edward Chapman (Mr Longworth), Danny Ross (Alf Hall), Robb Wilton (Muddlecombe, the magistrate), Anthea Askey (Vera), Patricia Hayes (Emma Binns), Iris Vandeleur (Mrs Entwhistle), William Franklyn (Arthur Ford), Leonard Williams (aggressive man), Peter Swanwick (Mr Hall), Dorothy Blythe (waitress), Reginald Hearne (Police Constable Wilfred), Maurice Kaufmann (Harry Longworth), Alan Clarke (commentator), Derek Kirby ([Clark]), Russell Waters ([Mr Postlewaite]), Vi Stephens ([Mrs Hall]), Jill Adams ([Clarrie])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2486 17 Feb 1955 Page: 16Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2486 17 Feb 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v22 n255 April 1955 Page: 58
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n255 April 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v84 n7202 10 Feb 1955 Page: 10
Title: [Today's Cinema - v84 n7202 10 Feb 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2458 5 Aug 1954 Page: 22
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2458 5 Aug 1954: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetyBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: N-401812
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-443568
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1979BFI identifier: N-3622490
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film