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(Redirected from Falling for You (1933 film)) 1933 British comedy film

Falling for You
Opening title card
Directed by	Robert Stevenson Jack Hulbert
Screenplay by	Jack Hulbert Douglas Furber Robert Stevenson Additional dialogue: Claude Hulbert
Based on	story by Sidney Gilliat
Starring	Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge
Cinematography	Bernard Knowles
Edited by	R.E. Dearing
Music by	Music: Vivian Ellis Lyrics: Douglas Furber Musical director: Louis Levy
Production companies	Gainsborough Pictures Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates	15 June 1933 (1933-06-15) (London, England)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	England
Language	English

Falling for You is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert, and starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge.

Plot

Rival journalists Jack and Minnie (Hulbert and Courtneidge) compete for a scoop about a missing heiress (Tamara Desni). When they track her down to Switzerland, Jack falls for her and Minnie gets to write up the story.

Cast

Jack Hulbert as Jack Hazeldon
Cicely Courtneidge as Minnie Tucker
Tamara Desni as Sondra von Moyden
Garry Marsh as Archduke Karl
Alfred Drayton as News editor
Toni Edgar-Bruce as Aunt Alice (as Tonie Bruce)
O. B. Clarence as Trubshawe
Morton Selten as Caldicott
Ivor McLaren as The Sweep (as Ivor McClaren)
Leo Sheffield as The Butler

Critical reception

TV Guide gave it two out of five stars, and wrote, "Okay comedy features Hulbert singing three songs and dancing on skis."

References

Hal Erickson. "Escape from Angola (1976) - Leslie Martinson | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
"Falling for You (1933)". Archived from the original on 8 January 2018.
"Falling For You". TVGuide.com.

External links

Falling for You at IMDb

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Happy Ever After (1932) Falling for You (1933) Tudor Rose (1936) The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) Jack of All Trades (1936) King Solomon's Mines (1937) Non-Stop New York (1937) Owd Bob (1938) The Ware Case (1938) Young Man's Fancy (1939) Return to Yesterday (1940) Tom Brown's School Days (1940) Back Street (1941) Joan of Paris (1942) Forever and a Day (1943) Jane Eyre (1943) Dishonored Lady (1947) To the Ends of the Earth (1948) The Woman on Pier 13 (1949) Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) My Forbidden Past (1951) The Las Vegas Story (1952) Johnny Tremain (1957) Old Yeller (1957) Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) Kidnapped (1960) The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) In Search of the Castaways (1962) Son of Flubber (1963) The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) Mary Poppins (1964) The Monkey's Uncle (1965) That Darn Cat! (1965) The Gnome-Mobile (1967) Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) The Love Bug (1968) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Herbie Rides Again (1974) The Island at the Top of the World (1974) One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) The Shaggy D.A. (1976)

Films directed by Robert Stevenson

Happy Ever After (1932)
Falling for You (1933)
Tudor Rose (1936)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Jack of All Trades (1936)
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Non-Stop New York (1937)
Owd Bob (1938)
The Ware Case (1938)
Young Man's Fancy (1939)
Return to Yesterday (1940)
Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
Back Street (1941)
Joan of Paris (1942)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Jane Eyre (1943)
Dishonored Lady (1947)
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
The Woman on Pier 13 (1949)
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
My Forbidden Past (1951)
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
Johnny Tremain (1957)
Old Yeller (1957)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Kidnapped (1960)
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Son of Flubber (1963)
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The Love Bug (1968)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
The Shaggy D.A. (1976)

Films of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

Gilliat only

Writer only

Director

Waterloo Road (1945)

Launder only

Writer only

Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
Children of Chance (1930)
The W Plan (1930)
The Middle Watch (1930)
How He Lied to Her Husband (1931 short)
Hobson's Choice (1931)
Keepers of Youth (1931)
The Woman Between (1931)
Children of Fortune (1931)
After Office Hours (1932)
Josser in the Army (1932)
Old Spanish Customers (1933)
You Made Me Love You (1933)
For the Love of Mike (1932)
Hawley's of High Street (1933)
A Southern Maid (1933)
Those Were the Days (1933)
Happy (1933)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Rolling Home (1935)
The Black Mask (1935)
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
So You Won't Talk (1935)
Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
I Give My Heart (1935)
Educated Evans (1936)
Where's Sally? (1936)
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Ring of Spies (1964)

Director

Together

Writers only	Facing the Music (1933) Twelve Good Men (1936) Seven Sinners (1936) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) They Came by Night (1940) Night Train to Munich (1940) The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) The Green Man (1956)
Directed together	Partners in Crime (1942 short) Millions Like Us (1943) The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Directed by Gilliat	The Rake's Progress (1945) Green for Danger (1946) London Belongs to Me (1948) State Secret (1950) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) The Constant Husband (1955) Fortune Is a Woman (1956) Left Right and Centre (1959) Only Two Can Play (1962) Endless Night (1972)
Directed by Launder	I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Captain Boycott (1947) The Blue Lagoon (1949) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) Folly to Be Wise (1952) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) Geordie (1955) Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) The Bridal Path (1959) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) Joey Boy (1965)
Producers only	The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Ooh… You Are Awful (1972)

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