Stanley Lupino

Stanley Lupino

Born: March 15, 1893
Died: June 10, 1942
Stanley Lupino  was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer, who began life as Stanley R. Lupino Hook. During the 1930s, Lupino appeared in a successful series of musical comedy films, often based on his already popular stage shows.

Movies for Stanley Lupino...

Lucky to Me
Title: Lucky to Me
Character: 'Potty' Potts
Released: November 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Lucky to Me is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show So This is Love which he had co-written with Arthur Rigby. The film was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. It was the last film of Lupino who had made a string of successful musical comedies during the Thirties.
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Hold My Hand
Title: Hold My Hand
Character: Eddie Marston
Released: August 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Eddie Marston is wealthy and kind, but his affairs are rapidly descending into chaos. Who can help him?
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Over She Goes
Title: Over She Goes
Character: Tommy Teacher
Released: August 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Plot and counter-plot jostle each other in this romantic comedy about a music-hall star who finds himself much in demand when he inherits a title!
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Sporting Love
Title: Sporting Love
Released: May 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Farce of two brothers in a continual trough of financial depression.
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Cheer Up
Title: Cheer Up
Character: Tom Denham
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.
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Honeymoon for Three
Title: Honeymoon for Three
Character: Jack Denver
Released: August 13, 1935
Type: Movie
In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her angry father, a financier finds out. The playboy is flat broke, but does the honorable thing. The newlyweds then board a ship and sail off to the States. They are accompanied by the girl's ex-fiance. The plan was for the young marrieds to get a divorce as soon as possible, but then the groom realizes that he really does love the girl. Happiness ensues
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Happy
Title: Happy
Character: Frank Brown
Released: December 11, 1933
Type: Movie
A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while waiting for his invention to be successful.
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You Made Me Love You
Title: You Made Me Love You
Character: Tom Daly
Released: October 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
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King of the Ritz
Title: King of the Ritz
Character: Claude King
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.
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Facing The Music
Title: Facing The Music
Character: Jack Foley
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer’s niece lands him in trouble!
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Sleepless Nights
Title: Sleepless Nights
Character: Guy Raynor
Released: November 7, 1932
Type: Movie
A journalist is sent to the South of France to interview a reclusive millionaire..He offers his hotel bedroom to the millionaires daughter to use to avoid her boyfriend,who is actually a crook, His boss arrives unexpectedly and as there is no other room available expects to share the hotel room with him, he explains the situation by saying he had just married the girl.Obviously lots of comedic situations arise because of this.
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The Love Race
Title: The Love Race
Character: Reggie Powley
Released: December 26, 1931
Type: Movie
The Love Race is a delightful musical comedy film based around the fierce rivalry between two motor manufacturers – and the romance that develops between the daughter of one and the son of the other...
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Love Lies
Title: Love Lies
Character: Jerry Walker
Released: August 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Love Lies is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Hobbs. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was based on Stanley Lupino's own hit 1929 stage musical.