Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and film.

The Film

Although the book and play were successful, the British Board of Film Censors would not allow a film to be made during the 1930s: it was a "very sordid story in very sordid surroundings", and in Gow's words "regarded as 'dangerous'". It was eventually filmed in 1941 with Deborah Kerr as Sally. But by then social conditions were being radically changed by the war.

Related Topics:
British Board of Film Censors - 1930s - 1941 - Deborah Kerr - War

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