Rent The Jessie Matthews Revue: Vol.2 (1936)
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Throughout the 1930's Jessie Matthews was Britain's best-loved musical film star, her dynamism and gamine charm captivating audiences on both sides of the Atlantic in a string of box-office hits. Showcasing her unique talent and captivating charm, it is easy to see how she became so popular and why she remains so to this day.
It's Love Again (1936)
A young actress secretly seizes the chance to play the part of an imaginary socialite invented by a gossip columnist. The enigmatic beauty becomes famous, but the columnist is mystified when his fictional star appears in person!
Waltzes from Vienna (1934)A pretty girl works in the bakery in which aspiring composer Johann Strauss is also forced to work by his father. Can she help him achieve his dreams despite his father's objections? - Actors:
- Jessie Matthews, Robert Young, Sonnie Hale, Ernest Milton, Robb Wilton, Sara Allgood, Cyril Wells, Warren Jenkins, David Horne, Athene Seyler, Glennis Lorimer, Robert Hale, Cyril Raymond, Anthony Holles, Graham Moffatt, Terry-Thomas, Jack Vyvyan, Edmund Gwenn, Fay Compton, Esmond Knight
- Directors:
- Victor Saville, Alfred Hitchcock
- Producers:
- Michael Balcon, Thomas Charles Arnold
- Writers:
- Marion Dix, Austin Melford, Lesser Samuels, Heinz Reichert, Ernst Marischka, Guy Bolton, Alma Reville, Claude Allain, André Dugès, A.M. Willner
- Aka:
- The Jessie Matthews Revue: It's Love Again / Waltzes from Vienna
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Hitchcock in the 1940s, A Brief History of Film...
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Divine Jessie. - The Jessie Matthews Revue: Vol.2 review by Steve
Classy screwball musical from Gaumont which is bathed in the lustre of Jessie Matthews' stellar performance. She (yet again) plays a singer/dancer struggling to break into showbiz. Co-star Robert Young is a gossip columnist who fills column inches with stories about a made up madcap socialite called Mrs Smythe-Smythe.
Jessie simply steps into the role and becomes famous for being famous. The star gets to perform many excellent song and dance numbers in a variety of styles and is dressed magnificently. The costume and set design were by veterans of German cinema. All the crew would later get Oscar recognition. This brims with quality from top to bottom.
The actors squeeze all the laughs out of the witty screwball script. Jessie is superb at the comedy and is fortunate to be matched by a genuine Hollywood leading man in Robert Young. There is an obvious influence of American musicals. This was released over there, but these scanty costumes must have challenged the stricter censorship.
Matthew's elocution lessons left her with an old fashioned faux-posh speaking voice and her high vocal range was already dated in the age of jazz. But she has charisma to burn. She's no classic beauty but has one of cinema's most adorable overbites! It's not saying much to claim this is the best British musical of the thirties. But it compares with the best of Hollywood too.