Command Performance (1937 film)
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Command Performance | |
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Directed by | Sinclair Hill |
Produced by | Harcourt Templeman |
Written by | Stafford Dickens (play) Michael Hankinson George Pearson Sinclair Hill |
Starring | Arthur Tracy Lilli Palmer Mark Daly Finlay Currie |
Music by | Louis Levy |
Cinematography | Cyril Bristow |
Edited by | Michael Hankinson |
Production
company |
Grosvenor Films
|
Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release dates
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19 August 1937 |
Running time
|
84 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Command Performance is a 1937 British musical drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Arthur Tracy, Lilli Palmer and Mark Daly.[1] It was based on a play by Stafford Dickens. Like The Street Singer which was released the same year, it was designed as a vehicle for Tracy who performs a number of songs during the film. It was made at Pinewood Studios.[2]
Plot
Growing tired of his life of fame, a singer runs away from a domineering manager and goes to live with a group of gypsies. A massive manhunt is whipped by the press to find him so that he can shoot the final scenes of his latest film.
Cast
- Arthur Tracy as Street Singer
- Lilli Palmer as Susan
- Mark Daly as Joe
- Rae Collett as Betty
- Finlay Currie as Manager
- Jack Melford as Reporter
- Stafford Hilliard as Sam
- Julian Vedey as Toni
- Phyllis Stanley as Olga
References
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/5428
- ↑ Wood p.94
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Command Performance at IMDb
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- English-language films
- 1937 films
- British films
- 1930s drama films
- 1930s musical films
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Sinclair Hill
- Pinewood Studios films
- British drama films
- British musical films
- Films set in England
- 1930s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films