Love in Waiting
{{short description|1948 British comedy film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love in Waiting
| image = Love_in_Waiting_(1948_film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Douglas Peirce
| producer = {{ubl|John Croydon|Henry Passmore}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Martin Lane|Arthur Reid}}
| based_on = original idea by Monica Dickens
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|David Tomlinson|Peggy Evans|Elspet Gray}}
| music = Temple Abady
| cinematography = Roy Fogwell
| editing = Dennis Gurney
| studio = Highbury Productions
| distributor = GFD (UK)
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1949|01|17|UK}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Love in Waiting is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Douglas Peirce, and starring David Tomlinson.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/love-in-waiting-v100374/cast-crew|title=Love in Waiting (1948) - Douglas Pierce - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/love-in-waiting/cast/104797/|title=Love In Waiting|website=TVGuide.com}} It was made at Highbury Studios as a second feature for release by the Rank Organisation.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af40c02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803213143/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af40c02|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2017|title=Love in Waiting (1948)|publisher=}}
Plot
In a busy restaurant during the food rationing period in the wake of Second World War, three waitresses fall in love with the manager (Tomlinson), the garbage man (who is the owner's grandson in disguise), and the downstairs neighbour - while trying to stay in the good books of the ruthless Miss Bell, who runs the catering staff and is selling restaurant food supplies to the Black Market.
Cast
- David Tomlinson as Robert Clitheroe
- Andrew Crawford as Dick Lambert
- Peggy Evans as Gloria 'Golly' Raine
- Elspet Gray as Brenda Lawrence
- Patsy Drake as Mary Corder
- George Merritt as James Hartley Pepperfield
- Eliot Makeham as Sam Baxter
- John Witty as Harry Pepperfield
- Linda Gray as Miss Bell
Critical reception
TV Guide called it an "uninteresting farce"; while the only positive The British 'B' Film was able to conclude, was that "at least the hour long Love in Waiting has brevity on its side."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2wdBQAAQBAJ&q=love+in+waiting+1948&pg=PA202|title=The British 'B' Film|first1=Stephen|last1=Chibnall|first2=Brian|last2=McFarlane|date=23 October 2009|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=9781844575749|via=Google Books}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title |id=tt0040551 |title=Love in Waiting (1948)}}
Category:Films shot at Highbury Studios
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1940s English-language films
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