Heart's Desire (1935 film)

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Heart's Desire
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Sheet music tie-in
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Written by
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Starring
CinematographyJohn C. Cox
Edited by Leslie Norman
Music by G.H. Clutsam
Production
company
Distributed by Wardour Films
Release date
  • August 1935 (1935-08)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Heart's Desire is a 1935 British musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Richard Tauber, Leonora Corbett, Kathleen Kelly, Diana Napier and Frank Vosper. [1] Its plot involves a young opera singer who is discovered in Vienna and brought to London where he rises to stardom. [2] The film was made at Elstree Studios in April/May 1935, and had its charity premiere at the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London on 17 October that year. It was part of a cycle of British operetta films.

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In a contemporary review, The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "This plot makes few demands upon Mr Tauber as actor and enables the audience to enjoy his magnificent singing without much interruption...It would be impossible one imagines, for Mr Tauber to navigate his way through a film that was stronger dramatically than this one. A film in which he appears becomes a pleasant alternative to a series of his phonograph records. From this point of view the producers of 'Heart's Desire' have succeeded admirably." [3]

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References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.467
  2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | HEART'S DESIRE (1935)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. "HEART'S DESIRE". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 November 1935. p. 6 via Trove.

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