Command Performance (1937 film)

Command Performance is a 1937 British musical drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Arthur Tracy, Lilli Palmer and Mark Daly.^[1] It was based on a play by Stafford Dickens. Like The Street Singer which was released the same year, it was designed as a vehicle for Tracy who performs a number of songs during the film. It was made at Pinewood Studios.^[2]

Plot

Growing tired of his life of fame, a singer runs away from a domineering manager and goes to live with a group of gypsies. A massive manhunt is whipped by the press to find him so that he can shoot the final scenes of his latest film.

Cast

• Arthur Tracy as Street Singer
• Lilli Palmer as Susan
• Mark Daly as Joe
• Rae Collett as Betty
• Finlay Currie as Manager
• Jack Melford as Reporter
• Stafford Hilliard as Sam
• Julian Vedey as Toni
• Phyllis Stanley as Olga

References

1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/5428
2. ↑ Wood p.94

Bibliography

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

External links

• Command Performance at the Internet Movie Database