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The Beloved Vagabond (Original title)
Date: 1936 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Kurt Bernhardt

Synopsis: In the year 1900, a jilted architect poses as a tramp and falls in love with an orphan.

Genres:
Romance, Musical

Subjects:
Architects, Disguises, Vagrants, Orphans
Releases
Date: 25 August 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 77 mins 49 secs - Length: 6803 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Associated British Film Distributors
Date: 05 December 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 77 mins 49 secs - Length: 7004 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Ealing Distribution Ltd.

Credits (26)
A Toeplitz Production: Toeplitz Productions, Presents: Associated British Film Distributors, Produced by: Ludovico Toeplitz, Production Manager: Dora Nirva, Assistant Director: W. O'Kelly, Scenario and Dialogue: Hugh Mills, Scenario and Dialogue: Walter Creighton, Arthur Wimperis, Freely adapted from the novel by: W.J. Locke, Photography: Franz Planer, Assisted by: C. Cooney, Edited by: Dug Myers, Art Director: A. Andreiw, Period Furniture: M. Harris & Sons, Costumes: Schiaparelli, Costumes: E.E. Stern, Music by: Darius Milhaud, Songs by: Mireille, Heimann, Musical Director: Leslie Bridgewater, Recorded by: Eric Williams, Sound Assistant: John W. Mitchell, Dialogue Supervisor: Owen Nares, Recorded on: RCA Photophone System, Made at: A.T.P. Studios London
Cast (15)
Maurice Chevalier (Gaston de Nerac), Betty Stockfield (Joanna Rushworth), Margaret Lockwood (Blanquette), Desmond Tester (Asticot), Austin Trevor (Comte de Verneuil), Peter Haddon (Major Walters), Charles Carson (Charles Ruchworth), Cathleen Nesbitt (Mme Boin), Barbara Gott (concierge), Amy Veness (hostess of the Cafe du Soleil), D.J. Williams (undertaker), C. Denier Warren (railway clerk), Peter Bull (artist in bar), Joe Delmonte, Frank Hubert
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (6)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2070 19 Dec 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2070 19 Dec 1946: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v67 n5431 6 Dec 1946
Title: [Today's Cinema - v67 n5431 6 Dec 1946: no known title]Language: English

In: Film Weekly v17 n438 6 Mar 1937  Page: 31
Title: [Film Weekly - v17 n438 6 Mar 1937: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n1533 3 Sep 1936
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1533 3 Sep 1936: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v3 n32 August 1936  Page: 128
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v3 n32 August 1936: no known title]Language: English

In:   Page: 21
Title: [ - : no known title]


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteStock date: 1945BFI identifier: N-654445
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedStock date: 1936BFI identifier: N-654470
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundStock date: 1946BFI identifier: N-654446
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original BW NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteStock date: 1935BFI identifier: N-654472
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original BW NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteStock date: 1935BFI identifier: N-654471
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundStock date: 1936BFI identifier: N-654474
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundStock date: 1936BFI identifier: N-654473
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film