Calling the Tune

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Calling the Tune
Calling the Tune film Opening titles (1936).png
Directed by Reginald Denham
Written by Basil Mason
Reginald Denham
Produced by Hugh Perceval
Starring
Cinematography Franz Weihmayr
Edited by Thorold Dickinson
Ray Pitt
Production
company
Phoenix Films
Distributed by Associated British Film Distributors
Release date
  • 7 July 1936 (1936-07-07)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Calling the Tune is a 1936 British musical drama film directed by Reginald Denham and Thorold Dickinson and starring Adele Dixon, Sally Gray and Sam Livesey. [1] The screenplay was by Basil Mason based on the 1913 play of the same title by Irish MP and novelist Justin Huntly McCarthy.

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Plot

Cast

Production

The film was made at Ealing Studios [2] with sets designed by the art director R. Holmes Paul.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The attempt to mix melodrama and inside views of a gramophone factory fails, and neither aspect is adequately treated. The fictional story spreads over the long period from the infancy of the gramophone to the present day and suggests that this period has been one of trickery, theft and the exploitation of the technical by the commercial man. Production and acting are unpretentious and adequate." [3]

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References

  1. "Calling the Tune". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 85.
  3. "Calling the Tune" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . 3 (25): 113. 1 January 1936 via ProQuest.