The Last Waltz (1936 British film)

The Last Waltz is a 1936 British musical film directed by Leo Mittler, and starring Jarmila Novotna, Harry Welchman, and Gerald Barry. Barry also provided some assistance with the direction. It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris as the English-language version of the French film La dernière valse. It was part of a trend of operetta films during the middle of the decade, and was based on the 1920 operetta The Last Waltz by Oscar Straus.

The Last Waltz
Directed by	Leo Mittler Gerald Barry
Written by	Reginald Arkell Paul Schiller Julius Brammer (libretto) Alfred Grünwald (libretto) Max Wallner (1934 film) Georg Weber (1934 film)
Produced by	Gina Carlton
Starring	Jarmila Novotna Harry Welchman Gerald Barry
Cinematography	Carl Drews
Music by	Oscar Straus Allan Gray
Production companies	Warwick Film Productions Gnom-Tonfilm
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	21 July 1936 (1936-07-21)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Emil Hasler.

Cast

• Jarmila Novotna as Countess Vera Lizavetta
• Harry Welchman as Count Dmitri
• Gerald Barry as Prince Paul
• Josephine Huntley Wright as Babushka
• Toni Edgar-Bruce as Countess
• Betty Huntley-Wright
• Bruce Winston
• Jack Hellier
• Paul Sheridan
• Bella Milo
• Pamela Randall
• MacArthur Gordon
• E. Fitzclarence
• Elizabeth Arkell
• Madge Snell

See also

• The Last Waltz (1927)
• The Last Waltz (1934)
• The Last Waltz (France, 1936)
• The Last Waltz (1953)

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Last Waltz at IMDb