Melody and Romance

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{{Infobox film

| name = Melody and Romance

| image = Melody_and_Romance_(1937_film).jpg

| caption = Opening title card

| director = Maurice Elvey

| producer = S.W. Smith

| writer = {{ubl|Maurice Elvey|Leslie Howard Gordon|L. du Garde Peach}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Hughie Green|Margaret Lockwood|Jane Carr}}

| music = John Blore Borelli

| cinematography = George Stretton

| editing =

| studio = British Lion Films

| distributor = British Lion Films (UK)

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1937|12||UK}}

| runtime = 71 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Melody and Romance is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood and Jane Carr.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42298|title=Melody and Romance (1937)|access-date=27 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022235904/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42298|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead}} It was made at Beaconsfield StudiosWood p.95 with sets designed by Norman G. Arnold, and features an uncredited appearance by Charles Hawtrey reciting Hamlet's "To be, or not to be."{{cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/av67912|title=Melody and Romance · British Universities Film & Video Council|website=bufvc.ac.uk}}

Plot summary

Two teenagers with aspirations to become stars fall in love.

Main cast

Production

It was one of the earliest roles of Margaret Lockwood.

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.