Limelight (1936 film)

Limelight
Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Laura Whetter
Starring	Arthur Tracy Anna Neagle Jane Winton Ellis Jeffreys
Music by	Geraldo
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	January 1936
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Limelight is a 1936 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Arthur Tracy, Anna Neagle and Jane Winton.^[1]

Cast

Arthur Tracy as Bob Grant
Anna Neagle as Marjorie Kaye
Jane Winton as Ray Madison
Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Madeleine
Muriel George as Mrs. Kaye
Alexander Field as Alf Sparks
Anthony Holles as Impresario
William Freshman as Joe
Helena Pickard as Pixie
Queenie Leonard as Queenie
Ralph Reader as Ralph
Tilly Losch as Dancer
W. MacQueen Pope as Press Representative
Ronald Shiner as Asst. Stage Manager
Andreas Malandrinos as Singer

Production

The film was made by Wilcox's independent production company at his Elstree Studios and was distributed by J. Arthur Rank's newly formed General Film Distributors, ending a previous arrangement Wilcox had with United Artists. The film was an attempt to make a more populist contemporary hit, moving away from the more expensive costume pictures such as Nell Gwynn and Peg of Old Drury which Wilcox had recently made starring Anna Neagle. For this film Wilcox partnered her with the popular American singer Arthur Tracy.

This drama musical romance features Arthur Tracy's street singing. The film's Dance Director was Ralph Reader. His work was so appreciated by Herbert Wilcox that he created a part for Reader to dance with Neagle in the actual film.

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40329

Bibliography

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

External links

Limelight at AllMovie This site has no information.
Limelight at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
Limelight at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Herbert Wilcox

Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)
Southern Love (1924)
Decameron Nights (1924)
Nell Gwyn (1926)
London (1926)
Mumsie (1927)
Tip Toes (1927)
Madame Pompadour (1927)
The Only Way (1927)
Dawn (1928)
The Bondman (1929)
The Woman in White (1929)
The Loves of Robert Burns (1930)
The Chance of a Night Time (1931)
Carnival (1931)
The Blue Danube (1932)
Goodnight, Vienna (1932)
Money Means Nothing (1932)
The King's Cup (1933)
The Little Damozel (1933)
Bitter Sweet (1933)
Yes, Mr Brown (1933)
The Queen's Affair (1934)
Nell Gwyn (1934)
Peg of Old Drury (1935)
This'll Make You Whistle (1936)
Three Maxims (1936)
London Melody (1937)
Limelight (1937)
Victoria the Great (1937)
Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Irene (1940)
No, No, Nanette (1940)
Sunny (1941)
They Flew Alone (1942)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Yellow Canary (1943)
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
Piccadilly Incident (1946)
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Odette (1950)
Into the Blue (1950)
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Derby Day (1952)
Trent's Last Case (1952)
Laughing Anne (1953)
Trouble in the Glen (1954)
Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
King's Rhapsody (1955)
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
These Dangerous Years (1957)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Wonderful Things! (1958)
The Lady Is a Square (1959)
The Heart of a Man (1959)

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