Rent British Musicals of the 1930's: Vol.2 (1936)
3.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
4h 50min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
From playful romantic comedies to variety extravaganzas, the pre-war British musical films offered audiences a source of much-needed escapism throughout the decade haunted by the Great Depression and the growing menace of war. Often adapting much-loved hits of the music hall as well as serving as vehicles for the era's composers, performers and band leaders, they showcased home-grown talent alongside some of Hollywood's most bankable stars.
Blossom Time (1934)
World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on the composer's unrequited love for a dance master's daughter.
Over the Garden Wall (1934)An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair - with comic consequences...
Mister Cinders (1934)
The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' - in this case, an oil millionaire's daughter!
Everything is Rhythm (1936)
Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band leader.- Actors:
- Bobby Howes, Marian Marsh, Margaret Bannerman, Viola Lyel, Bertha Belmore, Syd Crossley, Mary Sheridan, Freddie Watts, Stewart Granger, Henry B. Longhurst, Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter, Carl Esmond, Athene Seyler, Paul Graetz, Charles Carson, Marguerite Allan, Edward Chapman, Lester Matthews, Gibb McLaughlin
- Directors:
- John Daumery, Paul L. Stein, Frederic Zelnik, Alfred J. Goulding
- Producers:
- Walter C. Mycroft, Joe Rock
- Writers:
- H.F. Maltby, Heinrich Berte, Roger Burford, G.H. Clutsam, John Drinkwater, Franz Schulz, Gordon Wellesley, Jack Davies, Clifford Grey, Frank Miller, George Western, Kenneth Western, Jack Byrd, Syd Courtenay
- Aka:
- Blossom Time / Over the Garden Wall / Mister Cinders / Everything is Rhythm
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance
