Blossom Time (film)

Blossom Time
Directed by	Paul L. Stein
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Written by	Heinrich Berté Roger Burford George H. Clutsam John Drinkwater Franz Schulz
Starring	Richard Tauber Jane Baxter Carl Esmond Athene Seyler
Music by	G. H. Clutsam
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek Bryan Langley
Edited by	Leslie Norman
Release dates	9 July 1934 (1934-07-09)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Blossom Time is a 1934 British musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter and Carl Esmond. It was based on the opera Blossom Time by Heinrich Berté.^[1] In nineteenth century Vienna, a composer assists a girl who he is secretly in love with. The film had a London midnight premiere on 10 July 1934, a trade/press showing in Nottingham on 25 July, and opened to the public on 24 August at the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, where it ran for seven weeks. The Vienna premiere was at the 'Apollo' on 20 November 1934.

Cast

Richard Tauber ... Franz Schubert
Jane Baxter ... Vicki Wimpassinger
Carl Esmond ... Count Rudi Von Hohenberg
Athene Seyler ... Archduchess Maria Victoria
Paul Graetz ... Alois Wimpassinger
Charles Carson ... Lafont
Marguerite Allan ... Baroness
Edward Chapman ... Meyerhoffer
Lester Matthews ... Schwindt
Gibb McLaughlin ... Bauernfeld
Ivan Samson ... Hutten Bremmer
Frederick Lloyd ... Police Captain
Cecil Ramage ... Vogl
Bertha Belmore ... Madame
Hugh Dempster ... Will
Spencer Trevor ... Colonel
Bruce Winston ... Fat Man

Reception

The movie was voted the best British film of 1934 by the readers of Film Weekly.^[2]

During the showing on 7 September 1934, Richard Tauber spoke to the audience at the Regal Cinema in London by shortwave from Vienna, where he was appearing in his own operetta 'The Singing Dream'.^[3]

References

↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | BLOSSOM TIME A ROMANCE TO THE MUSIC OF FRANZ SCHUBERT (1934)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
↑ "BEST FILM PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 9 July 1937. p. 8 Edition: LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
↑ Daniel O'Hara: Richard Tauber Chronology, 2013

External links

Blossom Time at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Paul L. Stein

The Sacrifice of Ellen Larsen (1921)
The Red Peacock (1921)
A Debt of Honour (1921)
It Illuminates, My Dear (1922)
A Dream of Happiness (1924)
The Lion of Venice (1924)
Fire of Love (1925)
My Official Wife (1926)
The Climbers (1927)
Man-Made Women (1928)
Honour Thy Mother (1928)
Show Folks (1928)
This Thing Called Love (1929)
One Romantic Night (1930)
The Lottery Bride (1930)
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
Born to Love (1931)
The Common Law (1931)
A Woman Commands (1932)
Lily Christine (1932)
Breach of Promise (1932)
The Song You Gave Me (1933)
Red Wagon (1933)
Blossom Time (1934)
Heart's Desire (1935)
Mimi (1935)
Faithful (1936)
Cafe Colette (1937)
Jane Steps Out (1938)
Black Limelight (1939)
The Outsider (1939)
Poison Pen (1939)
Just like a Woman (1939)
It Happened to One Man (1940)
Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
Twilight Hour (1945)
Waltz Time (1945)
Lisbon Story (1946)
The Laughing Lady (1946)
Counterblast (1948)
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)

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