London Melody

London Melody is a 1937 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Robert Douglas. It was made at Elstree and Pinewood Studios by Wilcox's independent production company and distributed by J. Arthur Rank's General Film Distributors.^[1] It was also released with the alternative title Look Out for Love.

Synopsis

A musical with a trial. One of several Anna Neagle - Tullio Carminati vehicles of the 1930s, London Melody was one of five films directed in 1937 by Neagle's future husband, Herbert Wilcox. This time around, Carminatti is cast as Marius Andreani, a cultured Italian diplomat. While in London on business, Marius makes the chance acquaintance of boisterous cockney street entertainer Jacqueline (Neagle). It's love at first sight, but hero and heroine must undergo a dizzying series of roadblocks and misunderstandings before the climactic clinch. Meanwhile, Jacqueline rises to the top of show-business success, never dreaming (until the end, at least) that it's all the secret handiwork of faithful Marius.

Cast

• Anna Neagle as Jacqueline
• Tullio Carminati as Marius Andreani
• Robert Douglas as Nigel Taplow
• Horace Hodges as Father Donnelly
• Grizelda Harvey as Friend of Marius
• Miki Hood as Friend of Marius
• Davina Craig as Maid
• Joan Kemp-Welch as Maid
• Arthur Chesney as Marius' Butler
• Leonard Snelling as Organ Grinder's Son
• Henry Wolston as Alfred Snodgrass
• A. Bromley Davenport as General Taplow
• Ronald Shiner as the Pickpocket On Trial
• Geraldo as Bandleader
• Linden Travers as Woman in Night Club
• Raymond Huntley as Policeman Outside Nightclub
• Sebastian Smith as Gambler

References

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• London Melody at AllMovie
• London Melody at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
• London Melody at the Internet Movie Database