{{For|the George Jones song|Radio Lover (song)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Radio Lover | image = Radio_Lover_film_Opening_titles_(1937).jpg | caption = Opening titles | director = {{ubl|Paul Capon|Austin Melford}} | producer = Ernest King | writer = {{ubl|Ian Dalrymple|Elma Dangerfield}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Wylie Watson|Jack Melford|Ann Penn|Betty Ann Davies}} | music = Eric Spear | cinematography = Ronald Neame | editing = | studio = City Film Corporation | distributor = Associated British Film Distributors | released = {{film date|1937|4|5|df=yes}} | runtime = 64 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Radio Lover''''' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Paul Capon and Austin Melford and starring Wylie Watson, Jack Melford, Ann Penn and Betty Ann Davies.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Radio Lover |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150032043 |access-date=16 February 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=Linda |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-british-films-1927-1939.pdf |title=British Films, 1927–1939 |publisher=British Film Institute |year=1986 |pages=92 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016015016/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-british-films-1927-1939.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> It was written by Ian Dalrymple and Elma Dangerfield.
==Plot== Hard-up Reggie Clifford meets Lancastrian plasterer Joe Morrison, who, despite his rough-and-ready looks, has a beautiful singing voice. Clifford hatches a plan to get a big broadcasting company to employ them both, with him as a singer called "The Radio Lover," but actually using Morrison's voice. However Miss Oliphant, a radical member of the radio station's board, does not approve of the arrangement.
==Cast== * Wylie Watson as Joe Morrison * Jack Melford as Reggie Clifford * Ann Penn as Miss Oliphant * Betty Ann Davies as Wendy Maradyck * Cynthia Stock as Miss Swindon * Gerald Barry as Sir Hector * Max Faber as Brian Maradyck * Eric Pavitt as boy
==Reception== ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "The story is neatly and closely constructed, and a steady flow of interest and amusement is maintained to the climax. The singing is attractive and Wylie Watson and Jack Melford act capitally and are careful to preserve the element of realism which gives the absurd situations the full benefit of contrast. Excellent photography is a feature of the film."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1 January 1936|title=Radio Lover|id={{ProQuest|1305798815}}|magazine=The Monthly Film Bulletin|volume=3|issue=25|pages=193}}</ref>
''The Daily Film Renter'' wrote: "Developed to tune of hilarious misunderstandings provoked by great scheme, subject pokes gentle fun at broadcasting bureaucracy, and takes in tuneful song numbers en route. Wylie Watson gives robust study in lead, capitally supported by Jack Melford as go-getter ideas merchant. ... Pleasant light entertainment of popular type."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=28 October 1936|title=Radio Lover|id={{ProQuest|3127088442}}|magazine=The Daily Film Renter|volume=|issue=2995|pages=4}}</ref>
''Kine Weekly'' wrote: "Bright, topical romantic comedy of radio-land, reinforcing story ingenuity with nimble shafts of good-humoured satire. The lively plot is so penned as to provide the co-comedians, Wylie Watson and Jack Melford, with ample scope for their talents, while supporting them is a cast of equitable resource and neat technical work. The film definitely has an idea behind its fooling, and coupled with this is sharp acknowledgment of the importance of feminine appeal. The parallel love interest is as cheery and entertaining as the central theme. Good two-feature programme booking for all classes."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=29 October 1936|title=Radio Lover|id={{ProQuest|2339731851}}|magazine=Kine Weekly|volume=236|issue=1541|pages=35}}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0168142}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Radio Lover}} Category:1936 films Category:1936 comedy films Category:1936 British films Category:1936 English-language films Category:British black-and-white films Category:British comedy films Category:English-language comedy films Category:Films scored by Eric Spear Category:Films set in England Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios