The Beggar Student (1931 British film)
Appearance
The Beggar Student | |
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Directed by | Victor Hanbury John Harvel |
Written by | John Stafford Hans H. Zerlett Camillo Walzel (libretto) Richard Genée (libretto) |
Produced by | John Harvel |
Starring | Shirley Dale Lance Fairfax Jerry Verno |
Music by | Horace Shepherd |
Production company | Amalgamated Films Associated |
Distributed by | British Lion |
Release date | December 1931 |
Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Beggar Student is a 1931 British operetta film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Harvel and starring Shirley Dale, Lance Fairfax and Jerry Verno. It was based on the 1882 operetta The Beggar Student composed by Carl Millöcker. A separate German film was made the same year.
It was made at Beaconsfield Studios as a quota quickie.[1] The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold.
Cast
- Shirley Dale as Tania
- Lance Fairfax as Carl Romaine
- Jerry Verno as Jan Janski
- Frederick Lloyd as Colonel Ollendorff
- Mark Daly as Sergeant
- Jill Hands as Broni
- Margaret Halstan as Countess Novalska
- Edward Ashley as Nicki
References
- ^ Chibnall p. 263
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
Categories:
- 1931 films
- British films
- British musical films
- British historical films
- 1930s musical films
- 1930s historical films
- English-language films
- Operetta films
- Films directed by Victor Hanbury
- Quota quickies
- Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios
- Films set in Poland
- Films set in the 18th century
- Films based on operettas
- Multilingual films
- British remakes of German films
- 1930s British film stubs