Hold My Hand (film)

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Hold My Hand
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Directed by Thornton Freeland
Written by
Based onplay Hold My Hand by Stanley Lupino
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Starring
Cinematography Otto Kanturek
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British Picture Corporation
Release date
  • August 1938 (1938-08)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English
Budget£39,773 [1]

Hold My Hand is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Stanley Lupino, Fred Emney and Barbara Blair. [2] It was based on a musical play by Lupino. [3]

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Plot

A wealthy man buys a newspaper, resulting in a series of romantic entanglements.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide rated the film two out of five stars, calling it an "Occasionally amusing farce." [4]

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References

  1. Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 480.
  2. "Hold My Hand (1938)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  3. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 via Google Books.
  4. "Hold My Hand". TVGuide.com.