Sporting Love 1936
A British Lion Picture. A Hammer Production
Produced at British Lion Studios, Beaconsfield
Distributed throughout the United Kingdom and Irish Free State by British Lion Film Corporation Ltd. &6-78 Wardour St., London, W1. S.W.Smith Managing Director
Black & White 67 minutes
Storyline
Musical farce of two brothers in a continual trough of financial depression..
Crew
| Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
| Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Adaptation | Ingram D’Abbes | 38 | 6 Jan 1898 | 21 Dec 1975 | 77 | 1 | 1 | |
| Adaptation | Fenn Sherie | 39 | 12 Aug 1896 | 29 Jul 1944 | 47 | 1 | 1 | |
| Art Director | J. Elder Wills | 36 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | |
| Art Director | Norman Arnold | 43 | 19 Sep 1892 | 7 Dec 1963 | 71 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ast. Director | Parry Davis | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Director | J. Elder Wills | 36 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | |
| Film Editor | Hugh Stewart | 25 | 14 Dec 1910 | 31 May 2011 | 100 | 1 | 1 | |
| Photog. | Eric Cross | 33 | 31 May 1902 | 1 Mar 2004 | 101 | 4 | 4 | |
| Production Supervisor | Henry Passmore | 31 | 1905 | Aug 1987 | 82 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sound Engineer | Harold King | 28 | 3 Nov 1907 | 22 May 1959 | 51 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sound Engineer | York Scarlett | 1 | 1 |
Cast
| Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
| Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Aunt Fanny | Clarissa Selwynne | 50 | 26 Feb 1886 | 13 Jun 1948 | 62 | 1 | 1 | |
| From the play by | Stanley Lupino | 43 | 15 May 1893 | 10 Jun 1942 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gerald Dane | Bobbie Comber | 50 | 8 Jan 1886 | 1 Mar 1942 | 56 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lord Dimsdale | Henry Carlisle | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Maid | Merle Tottenham | 35 | 22 Jan 1901 | 18 Jul 1958 | 57 | 2 | 2 | |
| Maude Dane | Eda Peel | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nellie Gray | Lu Ann Meredith | 22 | 7 Jul 1913 | 12 Nov 1998 | 85 | 1 | 1 | |
| Percy Brace | Stanley Lupino | 43 | 15 May 1893 | 10 Jun 1942 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
| Peter Brace | Laddie Cliff | 44 | 3 Sep 1891 | 8 Dec 1937 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wilfred Wimple | Wyn Weaver | 65 | 1 Jan 1871 | 14 Mar 1951 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uncredited | ||||||||
| With | Syd Crossley | 50 | 18 Nov 1885 | 15 Nov 1960 | 74 | 1 | 1 |
Production
| UK RELEASE | 24 May 1936 | |
| STUDIO | British Lion Studios, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire | |
Footnotes
Based on the musical “Sporting Life” which was writtted by Stanley Lupino. Merle Tottenham also appeared in Hammer’s “Room to Let” 1950.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection