The Love Contract

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The Love Contract
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Winifred Shotter and Owen Nares
Directed by Herbert Selpin
Written by Jean de Létraz (play)
Suzette Desty (play)
Roger Blum (play)
Georg C. Klaren
Heinz Goldberg
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Starring Winifred Shotter
Owen Nares
Sunday Wilshin
Miles Malleson
Cinematography Cyril Bristow
Music by Ralph Benatzky
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • 28 July 1932 (1932-07-28)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Love Contract is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Winifred Shotter, Owen Nares and Sunday Wilshin. [1] The screenplay concerns a young woman who becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family's savings. It was based on a play by Jean de Letraz, Suzette Desty and Roger Blum. It was produced by Herbert Wilcox's company British & Dominions Film Corporation. [2] Alternate language versions were made in French ( Conduisez-moi Madame ) and in German ( Chauffeur Antoinette ), both of which were also directed by Selpin.

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  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | The LOVE CONTRACT (1932)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  2. Sutton p.263

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