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{{Infobox film
| name = Hold My Hand
| image = Hold_My_Hand_(1938_film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Spanish lobby card
| director = [[Thornton Freeland]]
| producer = [[Walter C. Mycroft]]
| writer = {{ubl|[[William Freshman]]|[[Clifford Grey]]|[[Bert Lee]]}}
| based_on = play ''Hold My Hand'' by Stanley Lupino
| starring = {{ubl|[[Stanley Lupino]]|[[Fred Emney]]|[[Polly Ward]]|[[Sally Gray]]}}
| music = {{ubl|Marr Mackie|[[Harry Acres]]}}
| cinematography = [[Otto Kanturek]]
| editing =
| studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation ]]
| distributor = Associated British Picture Corporation
| released = August 1938
| runtime = 76 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Hold My Hand''''' is a 1938 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Thornton Freeland]] and starring [[Stanley Lupino]], [[Fred Emney]] and Barbara Blair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36643|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116062723/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36643|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-16|title=Hold My Hand (1938)|publisher=}}</ref> The film's plot follows a wealthy man who buys a newspaper, resulting in a series of romantic entanglements. It was based on a musical play by Lupino.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&q=Hold+My+Hand+1938+literary+sources+in+film&pg=PA295|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|first=Alan|last=Goble|date=8 September 2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110951943|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Stanley Lupino]] as Eddie Marston
* [[Fred Emney]] as Lord Milchester
* Barbara Blair as Jane Howard
* [[Sally Gray]] as Helen
* [[Polly Ward]] as Paula Pond
* [[Bertha Belmore]] as Lady Milchester
* [[Jack Melford]] as Pop Currie
* [[John Wood (Australian Actor, b.1909)|John Wood]] as Bob Crane
* [[Syd Walker]] as Inspector Rogers
* [[Arthur Rigby (actor)|Arthur Rigby]] as Norman Love
* [[Gibb McLaughlin]] as Bank Manager
}}

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' rated the film two out of five stars, calling it an "Occasionally amusing farce."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/hold-my-hand/review/101055/|title=Hold My Hand|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0170007}}

{{Thornton Freeland}}

[[Category:1938 films]]
[[Category:British musical comedy films]]
[[Category:1938 musical comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
[[Category:Films directed by Thornton Freeland]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]

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