Mr. Love

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| director = Roy Battersby

| writer = Kenneth Eastaugh

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| producer = Robin Douet
Susan Richards

| starring = Barry Jackson
Maurice Denham
Marcia Warren

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| cinematography = Clive Tickner

| editing = Alan Cumner-Price

| music = Willy Russell

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| released = {{Film date|df=y|1986|02|21|ref1=}}

| runtime = 91 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English
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Mr. Love is a 1986 British comedy film directed by Roy Battersby and starring Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham and Margaret Tyzack.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117175456/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/208451 BFI.org] It was made by Goldcrest Films.

Its budget was £486,000.Alexander Walker, Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984-2000, Orion Books, 2005 p31 (Another account says £1.1 million.{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=26|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|date=2005}}) Goldcrest Films invested the £486,000 and received £330,000, recording a loss of £156,000.{{Cite book|title=My indecision is final|url=https://archive.org/details/myindecisionisfi00eber|url-access=registration|first1=Jake|last1= Eberts |first2=Terry|last2=Illott|year=1990 |publisher=Faber and Faber|page=[https://archive.org/details/myindecisionisfi00eber/page/657 657]}}

Plot

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A mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him.

Cast

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Production

The film was filmed at several notable locations in England, mainly in Southport, Merseyside and at Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley."Mr. Love", Turner Classic Movies: [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83715/mr-love#articles-reviews article]. Accessed 23 July 2020.

Gallery

Southport pier - scan02 (cropped).jpg|Southport pier (2000)

Wayfarers Arcade - geograph.org.uk - 97554.jpg|Wayfarers Arcade

Phoenix Auditorium.jpg|Phoenix Cinema

Royal Clifton Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 482067.jpg|Royal Clifton Hotel

References