Hots News is a 1936 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Lupino Lane, Phyllis Clare and Wallace Lupino.
It was made as a quota quickie at Cricklewood Studios.Chibnall p.283
Synopsis An idiot working as a guest reporter on a newspaper gets entangled with Chicago gangsters.
Cast Lupino Lane as Jimmy Selby Phyllis Clare as Betty Mason Wallace Lupino as Horace Wells Barbara Kilner as Princess Ina Ben Welden as Slug Wilson Glen Raynham as Barbara O'Neill Reginald Long as Prince Stephen Fred Leslie as Leslie Fredericks George Pughe as Slim McGill
References
Bibliography Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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