The Man from Toronto

The Man from Toronto
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Written by	Douglas Murray (play) W.P. Lipscomb
Starring	Jessie Matthews Ian Hunter Kathleen Harrison Herbert Lomas
Music by	Louis Levy
Cinematography	Leslie Rowson
Edited by	R.E. Dearing
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Ideal Films
Release dates	January 1933
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Man from Toronto is a 1933 British romantic comedy film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Jessie Matthews, Ian Hunter and Kathleen Harrison. After an inheritance is left to them if they marry an Englishwoman and a Canadian must meet for the first time to investigate the other - with comedic results.^[1] Matthews was considered a rising film star at the time of the production, and she quickly became one of Gainsborough Pictures' leading names.

Production

Production began in July 1932. The film was shot at Islington Studios^[2] and on location at Amberley in Sussex.^[3] It was based on a play by Douglas Murray. The film's art direction was by Alex Vetchinsky.

Cast

Jessie Matthews as Leslie Farrar
Ian Hunter as Fergus Wimbush
Frederick Kerr as Bunston
Ben Field as Jonathan
Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Hubbard
Kathleen Harrison as Martha
George Turner as Povey
Herbert Lomas as Jake
Laurence Hanray as Duncan
Kenneth Kove as Vicar
Sybil Grove as Vicar's Wife
Percy Parsons as Hogbin
Bill Shine as Butcher's Delivery Boy
George Zucco as Squire
George Benson as Villager
Cyril Smith as Gossiping Villager
Diana Cotton
Sam Wilkinson

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/41602
↑ Wood p.75
↑ Richards p.212

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Richards, Jeffrey. The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in 1930s Britain. I.B Tauris, 2010.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Man from Toronto at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Sinclair Hill

The Tidal Wave (1920)
The Place of Honour (1921)
The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1921)
The Truants (1922)
The Nonentity (1922)
The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1922)
The Experiment (1922)
Open Country (1922)
Half a Truth (1922)
Expiation (1922)
One Arabian Night (1923)
The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)
White Slippers (1924)
The Conspirators (1924)
The Squire of Long Hadley (1925)
The Secret Kingdom (1925)
The Qualified Adventurer (1925)
The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP (1925)
Sahara Love (1926)
The Chinese Bungalow (1926)
A Woman Redeemed (1927)
The King's Highway (1927)
Boadicea (1927)
The Guns of Loos (1928)
The Price of Divorce (1928)
The Unwritten Law (1929)
Greek Street (1930)
Dark Red Roses (1930)
Such Is the Law (1930)
The Great Gay Road (1931)
Other People's Sins (1931)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
The Man from Toronto (1933)
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
My Old Dutch (1934)
Hyde Park Corner (1935)
The Cardinal (1936)
The Gay Adventure (1936)
Take a Chance (1937)
Midnight Menace (1937)
Command Performance (1937)
Follow Your Star (1938)

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