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Look Before You Love is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones and Maurice Denham.[1]
| Look Before You Love | |
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| Directed by | Harold Huth |
| Screenplay by | Reginald Long |
| Story by | I Know You by Ketti Frings |
| Produced by | John Corfield Harold Huth |
| Starring | Margaret Lockwood Griffith Jones Norman Wooland |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | John D. Guthridge |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Production company | Burnham Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot summary
A woman working in the British Embassy in Brazil falls in love and marries a man, but soon discovers him to be a drunken wastrel tied up with serious crime.[2]
Cast
- Margaret Lockwood as Ann Markham
- Griffith Jones as Charles Kent
- Norman Wooland as Ashley Morehouse
- Phyllis Stanley as Bettina Colby
- Maurice Denham as Fosser
- Frederick Piper as Miller
- Bruce Seton as Johns
- Michael Medwin as Emile Garat
- Violet Farebrother as Dowager
- Peggy Evans as Typist
Production
The film was originally known as I Know You and Change of Heart.[3] Margaret Lockwood had been arguing with the Rank Organisation over what films she should make but agreed to do this.[4]
Critical reception
In a contemporary review, Variety called the film "an overlong and somewhat corny love story that gives Margaret Lockwood a sympathetic role after her many Wicked Lady characterisations, in which she has been so successfully typed in the past", adding, "it may gratify the out-of-town popular audiences, but its chances of success in any metropolis are scant";[5] while more recently, TV Guide rated the film two out of five stars, dismissing it as a "Ridiculous story played straight; as a farce it might have had some chance."[6]
The film generally received poor reviews.[7] The film's failure contributed to the decline in Lockwood's popularity.[8]
References
- BFI.org
- "LOOK BEFORE YOU LOVE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 17, no. 10. 13 August 1949. p. 46. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Lockwood happy in new role". The Sun. No. 2359. Sydney. 27 June 1948. p. 31 (STUMPS). Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Bing Crosby will go to England to make a film". The Sun. No. 2337. Sydney. 25 January 1948. p. 27. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Variety (December 1948)". archive.org.
- "Look Before You Love". TVGuide.com.
- "Popular stars out of contest". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 16, no. 38. 26 February 1949. p. 32. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- Vagg, Stephen (29 January 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: Margaret Lockwood". Filmink.
External links
- Look Before You Love at IMDb
- Look Before Your Love at TCMDB
- Review of film at Variety
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