How's Chances? (re-released in re-edited form in 1938 as Diplomatic Lover / The Bedroom Diplomat) is a 1934 British musical romance film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Harold French, Tamara Desni and Davy Burnaby. It was written by Ivar Campbell and Harry Graham, adapted from the 1932 play Der Frauendiplomat by Curt J. Braun and Bobby E. Lüthge. The film was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie for release by Fox Film.Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. p. 278.
Preservation status The British Film Institute National Archive holds the original 1934 release, but not the 1938 re-issue.
Plot A young ambitious British diplomat goes to take up his post in an embassy abroad.
Cast Harold French as Nottingham Tamara Desni as Helen Davy Burnaby as Michelo Morton Selten as Sir Charles Reginald Gardiner as Dersingham Carol Rees as Dolores Peggy Novak as Olga Percy Walsh as Castellano Andreas Malandrinos as Machulla Ahab
Reception
Original 1934 release The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Brightly presented, embellished with occasional songs, and excellently photographed, film holds interest throughout, although more might have been made of theme. Song numbers are catchy, the best of them being well rendered by Tamara Desni. "
1938 re-release The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The film is slow in places, but the photography is good, and there are some novel and amusing incidents. The acting is good on the whole."
See also The Ladies Diplomat (1932)
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