Melody Club (film)

Melody Club
Directed by	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
Written by	Carl Nystrom
Produced by	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
Starring	Terry-Thomas Gwynneth Vaughan Michael Balfour
Cinematography	Peter Newbrook
Edited by	Gerald Landau
Music by	Ralph Sharon
Production company	Tempean Films
Distributed by	Eros Films (UK)
Release date	July 1949 (1949-07)(UK)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Melody Club is a 1949 British second feature ('B') ^[1] comedy musical film directed by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and starring Terry-Thomas, Gwynneth Vaughan and Michael Balfour. ^{[2] [3]} It was written by Carl Nystrom and made at Kensington Studios.

Plot

Detective Freddy Forrester, chasing jewel thieves, traces them to a nightclub.

Cast

• Terry-Thomas as Freddy Forrester
• Gwynneth Vaughan as Jean
• Michael Balfour as Max Calypso
• Len Lowe as Tony
• Bill Lowe as Birdie
• Lilian Grey as Cora
• Arthur Gomez as Inspector Dodds
• Anthony Shaw as General Blitzem
• Sylvia Clarke as Susie
• Jack Mayne as Hector
• Ida Patlanski as Hector's wife

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Low-budget British comedy: worn-out gags." ^[4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Collection of well-worn jokes stitched together to make a plot." ^[5]

References

1. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 37. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
2. "Melody Club". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
3. "Melody Club (1949)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021.
4. "Melody Club" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . 16 (181): 162. 1 January 1949. ProQuest   1305817433.
5. Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 230. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.

External links

• Melody Club at IMDb