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Blossom Time
Blossom Time
Directed by	Paul L. Stein
Written by	Heinrich Berté; Roger Burford; George H. Clutsam; John Drinkwater; Franz Schulz; Alfred Maria Willner (libretto); Heinz Reichert [de] (libretto); Rudolf Hans Bartsch (novel Schwammerl)
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Richard Tauber; Jane Baxter; Carl Esmond; Athene Seyler
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek; Bryan Langley
Edited by	Leslie Norman
Music by	G. H. Clutsam
Release date	9 July 1934;
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Blossom Time is a 1934 British musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter and Carl Esmond. It was based on the opera Blossom Time by Heinrich Berté.^[1]

In nineteenth century Vienna, composer Franz Schubert assists a girl with whom he is secretly in love. The film had a London midnight premiere on 10 July 1934, a trade/press showing in Nottingham on 25 July, and opened to the public on 24 August at the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, where it ran for seven weeks. The Vienna premiere was at the 'Apollo' on 20 November 1934.

Cast

Richard Tauber as Franz Schubert
Jane Baxter as Vicki Wimpassinger
Carl Esmond as Count Rudi Von Hohenberg
Athene Seyler as Archduchess Maria Victoria
Paul Graetz as Alois Wimpassinger
Charles Carson as Lafont
Marguerite Allan as Baroness
Edward Chapman as Mayrhofer
Lester Matthews as Schwind
Gibb McLaughlin as Bauernfeld
Ivan Samson as Hutten Bremmer
Frederick Lloyd as Police Captain
Cecil Ramage as Vogl
Bertha Belmore as Madame
Hugh Dempster as Will
Spencer Trevor as Colonel
Bruce Winston as Fat Man

Reception

Blossom Time was voted the best British film of 1934 by the readers of Film Weekly.^[2]

During the showing on 7 September 1934, Richard Tauber spoke to the audience at the Regal Cinema in London by shortwave from Vienna, where he was appearing in his own operetta 'The Singing Dream'.^[3]

References

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | BLOSSOM TIME A ROMANCE TO THE MUSIC OF FRANZ SCHUBERT (1934)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
^ "BEST FILM PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR". The Examiner (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 9 July 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 4 March 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Daniel O'Hara: Richard Tauber Chronology, 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2013.