Heaven Is Round the Corner
{{Short description|1944 British musical film}}
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Heaven is Round the Corner is a 1944 British musical film, directed by Maclean Rogers. It was made by British National Films, starring Will Fyffe, Leni Lynn, Leslie Perrins, and Austin Trevor. The script was written by Austin Melford.{{Cite web|date=|title=BFI {{!}} Film & TV Database {{!}} HEAVEN IS ROUND THE CORNER (1944)|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35981|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114015445/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35981|archive-date=2009-01-14|access-date=2022-02-02|website=British Film Institute}}
Plot
A country girl goes to Paris to sing professionally, where she falls in love with a member of the British Embassy. They are parted by the outbreak of the Second World War, but subsequently reunited again.{{cite web|title=BFI {{!}} Film & TV Database {{!}} HEAVEN IS ROUND THE CORNER (1944) Cast|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35981?view=cast|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116175659/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35981?view=cast|archive-date=2009-01-16|access-date=2022-02-02|website=British Film Institute|publisher=}}
Music
The film's music was by Kennedy Russell, with lyrics by Desmond O'Connor.{{Cite web|date=|title=BFI - Film & TV Database - HEAVEN IS ROUND THE CORNER (1944) Credits|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35981?view=credit|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116175652/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35981?view=credit|archive-date=2009-01-16|access-date=2022-02-02|website=British Film Institute}} They wrote the title song, which was featured in the film by contralto singer Leni Lynn.{{Cite book|last1=O'Connor|first1=Desmond|title=Heaven is Round the Corner|last2=Russell|first2=Kennedy|publisher=Bradbury Wood|year=1944|location=London, England}} "Heaven is Round the Corner" was listed among Britain's bestselling sheet music titles in June 1944.{{Cite book|last=Variety|url=http://archive.org/details/variety154-1944-06|title=Variety (June 1944)|publisher=New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company|others=Media History Digital Library Media History Digital Library|year=1944|pages=194}}
Cast
- Will Fyffe as Dougal
- Leni Lynn as Joan Sedley
- Austin Trevor as John Cardew
- Magda Kun as Musette
- Peter Glenville as Donald McKay
- Barbara Waring as Dorothy Trevor
- Leslie Perrins as Robert Sedley
- Barbara Couper as Mrs. Trevor
- Toni Edgar-Bruce as Mrs. Harcourt
- Hugh Dempster as Captain Crowe
- Paul Bonifas as Rostond
- Jan Van Loewen as Titoni
- Rosamund Greenwood as Maid
- Elsa Tee as Nora Thompson
- Marcel de Haes as Louis
References
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Category:British musical drama films
Category:1940s musical drama films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at British National Studios
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language musical drama films
Category:Films scored by Kennedy Russell
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