Melody Club (film)

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Melody Club
File:Melody Club (film).jpg
Directed by
Written byCarl Nystrom
Produced by
  • Robert S. Baker
  • Monty Berman
Starring
CinematographyPeter Newbrook
Edited byGerald Landau
Music byRalph Sharon
Production
company
Distributed byEros Films (UK)
Release date
  • July 1949 (1949-07) (UK)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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 – via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 230. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.

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