DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Car of Dreams is a 1935 British romantic comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and Austin Melford and starring Grete Mosheim, John Mills, Norah Howard and Robertson Hare. A tycoon’s son falls in love with a woman who works at his father’s factory. It was based on the 1934 Hungarian film Meseautó. Vera Hart lives with her parents. Her father is an antiques salesman who loves his stock too much to sell it and there doesn’t make any money. Through her friend Molly, Vera applies manages to get a job at Miller’s music instrument factory in a menial job. Vera has a habit of going into shops and trying on expensive clothes and jewellery which she could never hope to pay for. On her way home from work she stops in a car dealers and sits in a new luxury car. Robert Miller, the young son of the owner of Miller’s factory, sees Vera and falls instantly in love with her. He pretends to be an employee at the car showroom and they bond together. On a whim, he decides to buy Vera the car and pretend she has won it as the 10000th customer to visit the shop. Vera’s father is delighted by the new car, but her mother is more suspicious. Miller wants to spend more time with Vera, but he is uncertain about telling her his true identity in part because he is constantly harassed by woman who are interested in his inheritance. He approaches the Hart family and offers to chauffeur the car for them, doing jobs such as weddings to pay for it. As none …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Interesting film musical comedy with John Mills, well filmed, and a bit more than 10/6d spent on it! GB could make decent films when they tried harder than quota quickies. Perhaps a bit miss cast, Grethe Mosheim turns in a good performance in what was an adaptation of a Hungarian original story. Lots of Hungarians worked in the UK film industry, indeed Denham was run by Korda. Perhaps it should have been made there!
The great Grethe Mosheim, leaving one of the many unique artist was ordered to Germany after the Nazi criminals came to power.
Many other artists have not escaped the Nazis, unfortunately, and were murdered in Auschwitz
Not too bad a film considering the entire budget was 10/6d