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Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue
	Jessie Matthews sings the title song
Directed by	Gene Gerrard
Screenplay by	Bert Lee; Frank Miller; R.P. Weston
Based on	Little Tommy Tucker; 1930 play; by Desmond Carter and Caswell Garth
Produced by	John Maxwell
Starring	Gene Gerrard; Jessie Matthews; Kay Hammond
Cinematography	Arthur Crabtree; Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis
Music by	Vivian Ellis
Production; company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures International
Release date	5 November 1931;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Out of the Blue is a 1931 British musical film directed by Gene Gerrard and starring Gerrard, Jessie Matthews and Kay Hammond.^[2] It was produced by British International Pictures at the company's Elstree Studios near London. The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley.

It was Matthews' first major film role.^[3] A baronet's daughter falls in love with a radio star who is engaged to marry her sister. The film was not a success, but led to Matthews being cast in There Goes the Bride and given a contract by Gainsborough Pictures.^[3] Matthews later wrote in her autobiography, "Out of the Blue was adapted from a stage musical and never should have left the boards."^[4] John Orton served as a supervising director.^[2]

Plot

Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker (Jessie Matthews) is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale (Gene Gerrard), but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela (Kay Hammond), who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.