For the Love of Mike (1932 film)
{{short description|1932 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = For the Love of Mike
| image =File:For the Love of Mike (1932 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Monty Banks
| producer = Walter C. Mycroft
| writer = H.F. Maltby (play)
Clifford Grey
Frank Launder
| narrator =
| starring = Bobby Howes
Constance Shotter
Arthur Riscoe
| music =
| cinematography = Claude Friese-Greene
| editing =
| studio = British International Pictures
| distributor = Wardour Films
| released = {{Film date|1932|12|}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
For the Love of Mike is a 1932 British musical comedy film based on the 1931 play with music For the Love of Mike by H.F. Maltby and Clifford Grey. It was directed by Monty Banks and starring Bobby Howes, Constance Shotter and Arthur Riscoe. It was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures.Wood p.74 The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley.
Plot
A private secretary begins to suspect that his nouveau riche employer is cheating his young female ward out of her inheritance, but inadvertently becomes involved in a plan to rob his master's safe.
Cast
- Bobby Howes as Booby Seymour
- Constance Shotter as Mike
- Arthur Riscoe as Conway Paton
- Renée Macready as Stella Rees
- Jimmy Godden as Henry Miller
- Viola Tree as Emma Miller
- Wylie Watson as Rev. James
- Hal Gordon as PC
- Syd Crossley as Sullivan
- Monty Banks as Chef
- Merle Oberon as Bit Part
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0022904}}
{{Monty Banks}}
{{Launder and Gilliat}}
Category:British musical comedy films
Category:1932 musical comedy films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Category:Films directed by Monty Banks
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:English-language musical comedy films
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