Just for a Song
| Just for a Song | |
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.jpg) Frame from the film[1] | |
| Directed by | Gareth Gundrey |
| Written by | Desmond Carter Gareth Gundrey |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Lillian Hall-Davis Roy Royston Constance Carpenter |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ideal Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Just for a Song is a 1930 British musical film directed by Gareth Gundrey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Roy Royston and Constance Carpenter.[2][3] It was made at Islington Studios.[4]
Some singing and dancing sequences were photographed in an early colour process, believed to be Pathécolor.[citation needed]
Preservation status
[edit]The British Film Institute National Archive holds no ephemera, stills or film or video materials.[2]
Plot
[edit]Jack and ans his girlfriend Jill are two young variety artistes who get a theatre booking via their agent, Moss. Craddock, the booking manager, falls for Jill, and succeeds in splitting her and Jack up by bringing in singer Norma Wentworth. But Moss reunites the couple.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Lillian Hall-Davis as Norma Wentworth
- Roy Royston as Jack
- Constance Carpenter as Jill
- Cyril Ritchard as Craddock
- Nick Adams as agent
- Syd Crossley as Stage Manager
- Dick Henderson
- Albert Rebla
- Syd Seymour and His Mad Hatters as themselves
Reception
[edit]Film Weekly wrote: "A British backstage film with, a few good moments. Fair."[6]
Kine Weekly wrote: "A British drama of vaudeville life which develops on familiar American lines. The individual characterisation is exceptionally good, and a realistic atmosphere prevails. ... Lillian Davies gives rather a hard portrayal as Norma, but sings with good effect, and Constance Carpenter and Roy Royston make a satisfactory pair of lovers as Jack aud Jill. Cyril Ritchard and Nick Adams, however, easily steal the honours as Craddock and Moss respectively. V. Gareth Gundrey has unfolded the obvious story clearly, and receives considerable help from a cast of versatile and popular English artistes, but has not succeeded in introducing any originality into the proceedings apart from the main plot, there is a pleasing love interest, plenty of humour and a number of tuneful melodies. Technically, the production is unpretentious, and is not helped by the colour sequences, which are crude and obviously hand tinted."[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Just for a Song". Picture Show. 24 (605): 7. 6 December 1930. ProQuest 1879657012.
- 1 2 "Just for a Song". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | Just for a Song 1930)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
- 1 2 "Just for a Song". Kine Weekly. 157 (1195): 45. 13 March 1930. ProQuest 2322738633.
- ↑ "Just for a Song". Film Weekly. 4 (111): 23. 29 November 1930. ProQuest 1705019775.
External links
[edit]See also
[edit]- 1930 films
- 1930s color films
- 1930 lost films
- British musical films
- 1930 musical films
- British films based on plays
- Films directed by Gareth Gundrey
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- Islington Studios films
- British black-and-white films
- Lost British films
- Lost musical films
- 1930 English-language films
- 1930 British films
- Films scored by Louis Levy
- English-language musical films