Everything in Life

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Everything in Life
Everything in Life.jpg
Directed by J. Elder Wills
Written by
  • John E. Lewis
  • Courtney Terrett
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Jan Stallich
Edited byVladimir Sagovsky
Music by Hans May
Production
company
Tudor Films
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 1936 (1936-11)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Everything in Life is a 1936 British musical film directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Gitta Alpar, Neil Hamilton and Lawrence Grossmith. It was made at Highbury Studios. [1]

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Synopsis

An opera singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a composer.

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References

  1. Wood p.90

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