Mayfair Melody

Mayfair Melody is a 1937 British musical film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring popular bass-baritone singer Keith Falkner in the first of his three screen performances.

Mayfair Melody
Directed byArthur B. Woods
Written byJames Dyrenforth
Produced byIrving Asher
StarringKeith Falkner
Chili Bouchier
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Music byKenneth Leslie-Smith
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
2 March 1937
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.[1] The film was a quota quickie production, featuring Falkner as a factory hand whose wonderful singing voice is discovered by the daughter of the factory owner. She then guides him up the ladder to fame and fortune as a professional singer. Mayfair Melody is now classed as a lost film.[2]

Cast

References

  1. Wood p.91
  2. Missing Believed Lost British Pictures Article Archive.

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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