Melody and Romance

Melody and Romance
Opening title card
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written by
Produced byS.W. Smith
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Stretton
Music byJohn Blore Borelli
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films (UK)
Release date
  • December 1937 (1937-12) (UK)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Melody and Romance is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood and Jane Carr.[1] It was made at Beaconsfield Studios[2] with sets designed by Norman G. Arnold, and features an uncredited appearance by Charles Hawtrey reciting Hamlet's "To be, or not to be."[1][3]

Plot summary

Two teenagers with aspirations to become stars fall in love.

Main cast

Production

It was one of the earliest roles of Margaret Lockwood.

References

  1. ^ a b "Melody and Romance (1937)". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  2. ^ Wood p.95
  3. ^ "Melody and Romance · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


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