Glamorous Night is a 1937 British drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Mary Ellis, Otto Kruger, Victor Jory and Barry MacKay.[2] It is an adaptation of the musical Glamorous Night by Ivor Novello.[3] In a mythical European kingdom, King Stefan clashes with his prime minister and falls in love with the gypsy Melitza.
| Glamorous Night | |
|---|---|
.gif) | |
| Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Written by | Hugh Brooke Dudley Leslie William Freshman J. Lee Thompson (adaptation) |
| Based on | musical play Glamorous Night by Ivor Novello[1] |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Starring | Mary Ellis Otto Kruger Victor Jory Barry MacKay |
| Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
| Music by | Ivor Novello (composer: songs and incidental music) Harry Acres (musical director) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British Picture Corporation (UK) |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- Mary Ellis as Melitza Hjos
- Otto Kruger as King Stefan
- Victor Jory as Baron Lyadeff
- Barry MacKay as Anthony Allan
- Trefor Jones as Lorenti
- Maire O'Neill as Phoebe
- Anthony Holles as Maestro
- Charles Carson as Otto
- Felix Aylmer as Diplomat
- Finlay Currie as Angus MacKintosh
- Raymond Lovell as Ship's Officer
Critical reception
editSky Movies wrote, "The story creaks like a dowager's stays in this torrid tale of Ruritanian romance and skulduggery based on Ivor Novello's stage success. There are compensations, however, in the tuneful music and elegant production values, to say nothing of gipsies who appear to be addicted to ballet dancing. Victor Jory plays the villainous prime minister with steely determination and an American accent, Mary Ellis is suitably lively although she is hardly a believable Romany. Barry Mackay stands out as an English oil prospector, the role originally played on stage by Novello."[4] Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mixed review, describing it as "about as bogus as a film could be", but praising Novello's efforts to bring the film "up to date", and appreciating the photography, the camerawork, the direction, and Ellis' "daemonic good looks".[5]
References
edit- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Glamorous Night (1937)". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ^ "Glamorous Night (1937) - Brian Desmond Hurst - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "Glamorous Night".
- ^ Greene, Graham (7 May 1937). "Generation of Conquerors/Lloyds of London/The Gap/Glamorous Night". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links
edit- Glamorous Night at IMDb
- Official legacy website of the director with filmography including Glamorous Night
 | This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |