Going Gay is a 1933 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Arthur Riscoe, Naunton Wayne and Magda Schneider.[1] It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios.[2] It was followed by a sequel For Love of You, also released the same year.[3]
| Going Gay | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | Selwyn Jepson K.R.G. Browne Jack Marks |
| Produced by | Frank Richardson Louis Whitman |
| Starring | Arthur Riscoe Naunton Wayne Magda Schneider |
| Cinematography | Willy Goldberger |
| Edited by | Thorold Dickinson |
| Music by | W.L. Trytel |
Production company | Windsor Films |
| Distributed by | Sterling Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editEnglish friends in Vienna are rivals in love for a lady singer, but both unite in their attempts to make her a star of the opera.
Cast
edit- Arthur Riscoe as Jack
- Naunton Wayne as Jim
- Magda Schneider as Grete, a Viennese Girl
- Ruth Maitland as Mother
- Victor Fairley as Grete's Father
- Richard Wydler as Grete's Brother
- Brenda Senton as Grete's Sister
- Wilfred Noy as Director of Opera Falkenheim
- Grete Natzler as Director of Opera's Daughter
- Joe Hayman as Impresario
- Bertha Belmore as Masculine Lady at TableTen
References
edit- ^ "Going Gay (1934)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
- ^ Wood p.77
- ^ "For Love of You - BFI Filmography". filmography.bfi.org.uk.[dead link]
Bibliography
edit- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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