Mayfair Melody
1937 film by Arthur B. Woods
- 2 March 1937 (1937-03-02)
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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.
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
- Keith Falkner as Mark
- Chili Bouchier as Carmen
- Bruce Lester as Dickie
- Joyce Kirby as Brenda
- Glen Alyn as Daphne
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Dighton
- George Galleon as Lord Chester
- Louis Goodrich as Ludborough
- Ian McLean as Collecchi
- Vivienne Chatterton as Mme. Collecchi
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Mayfair Melody at IMDb
- Mayfair at BFI Film & TV Database
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Films directed by Arthur B. Woods
- Timbuctoo (1933)
- On Secret Service (1933)
- Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
- Give Her a Ring (1934)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- Drake of England (1935)
- Once in a Million (1936)
- Rhythm in the Air (1936)
- Where's Sally? (1936)
- Irish for Luck (1936)
- Mayfair Melody (1937)
- The Windmill (1937)
- The Compulsory Wife (1937)
- Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
- You Live and Learn (1937)
- The Singing Cop (1938)
- The Dark Stairway (1938)
- Mr. Satan (1938)
- Thistledown (1938)
- Glamour Girl (1938)
- The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
- Dangerous Medicine (1938)
- They Drive by Night (1938)
- Q Planes (1939)
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
- Confidential Lady (1939)
- Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
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