Going Gay

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Going Gay
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Opening title
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Written by Selwyn Jepson
K.R.G. Browne
Jack Marks
Produced by Frank Richardson
Louis Whitman
Starring Arthur Riscoe
Naunton Wayne
Magda Schneider
Cinematography Willy Goldberger
Edited by Thorold Dickinson
Music by W.L. Trytel
Production
company
Windsor Films
Distributed bySterling Films
Release date
  • 30 September 1933 (1933-09-30)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Going Gay is a 1933 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Arthur Riscoe, Naunton Wayne and Magda Schneider. [1] It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios. [2] It was followed by a sequel For Love of You , also released the same year. [3]

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Plot

English friends in Vienna are rivals in love for a lady singer, but both unite in their attempts to make her a star of the opera.

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References

  1. "Going Gay (1934)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
  2. Wood p.77
  3. "For Love of You - BFI Filmography". filmography.bfi.org.uk.[ dead link ]

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