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- BFI identifier27172
- Date1935 (Copyright)
1935-11-18 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisMusical concerning the rivalry between two dance band leaders. Songs include "Valparaiso" by Desmond Carter and Mabel Wayne and "Lovey Dovey" by Arthur Young. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirected by: Marcel Varnel
A British International Picture: British International Pictures
Presents: Associated British Picture Corpn. Ltd.
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Title
Dance Band (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/F329-50BA-C7EC-7463-DCAE-SCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
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PHOTO - DIARY THREE - 1935 Films listed: DANCE BAND (GB, 1935); STUDENT'S ROMANCE ( a.k.a I LOST MY HEART IN HEIDELBEG (GB, 1935); HONOUR'S EASY (GB, 1935); SEXTON BLAKE AND THE MADEMOISELLE (GB, 1935); The LUCK OF THE IRISH (GBN, 1935); ROYAL EAGLE (GB, 1936); HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN a.k.a. STAGE FOLK (GB, 1936); LIVING DANGEROUSLY (GB, 1936); Production stills include: Unidentified film - possibly OLD CURIOSITY SHOP (GB, 1934) showing Little Nell and her grandfather. Langley 'came across this still whilst at BIP and much admired the lighting' DANCE BAND (GB, 1935) - Crew surround actress June Clyde [Langley, Marcel Varnel, John 'Tod' Sloan] - Studio shot of party on board a liner - studio set of W.H.Smith news stall at a railway station - Hungarian style set - Set showing large globes suspended in the air - Snail set [Buddy Roger and June Clyde with their 'girl' band] STUDENT'S ROMANCE (GB, 1935) - Publicity still. Greta B Natzler with sword and sash of honour - Heidelburg Castle beer hall, seated Greta Natz;er and Patric Knowles, director Otto Kanturek with camera crew Bryan Langley, Alf Black, Guy Green - A Garrett room. Kanturek directs Patric Knowles and Mackensie Ward - Grand Staircase - Street scene built on BIP studio walls. Camera on wooden track. A group of students promenade in fraternity hats; - Otto Kanturek and Greta Natzler discuss script; - BIP crane in action festooned with 5kw lamps; - Unit still showing clapper board [John 'Tod' Sloan, Patric Knowles, Ott Kanturek, Mackensie Ward, Langley, Guy Green] BLOSSOM TIME (GB, 1934) Two snaps Bryan Langley looking through camera and Alf Black. HONOUR'S EASY (GB, 1935) - Elstree studios, A Staircase and gallery. Camera on Crane.; - Welwyn studios. Camera on dolly. Director Herbert Brenon and Bryan Langley with felt covered boots to protect floor; - Margaret Lockwood and Ivan Samson in a conservatory; SEXTON BLAKE AND THE MADEMOISELLE (GB, 1935) - Publicity still of unit with clapperboard shot at Fox Studios Wembley; - Action still of Bryan Langley with arm in a sling after a car crash; Other Material included: Press Cuttings. LIVING DANGEROUSLY (GB,1936) - Signed publicity still of Roy Goddard, Leonora Corbett, Otto Kruger and Bryan Langley with a pipe and a 'pan glass'; - Production still of Langley with Leonora Corbett, Otto Kruger and another. MISCELLANEOUS Letter from director Herbert Brenon thanking Langley for his patience on the 'little film' [may have been either SOMEONE At THE DOOR (GB, 1936) or HONOUR'S EASY (GB, 1935), 13 January 1936. - ITM-9561
Medium pressbook held. See CINEMA EPHEMERA: LONDON List (COMMODORE Theatre) for example of Programme.
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Work - 27172 - 1935 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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