Gypsy (1937 film)

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Gypsy
Directed by Roy William Neill
Written by
Based on Tzigane
1935 novel
by Eleanor Smith
Produced by Irving Asher
Starring
Cinematography Basil Emmott
Edited by Bert Bates
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • January 1937 (1937-01)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Gypsy is a 1937 British drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Roland Young, Chili Bouchier and Hugh Williams. It based on the 1935 novel Tzigane by Lady Eleanor Smith.

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Plot summary

Romani dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.

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Production

The film was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. [1] Like many Teddington productions of the era, it is now considered to be a lost film.

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  1. Wood p.90

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