Gypsy Melody

Gypsy Melody
Directed by	Edmond T. Gréville
Written by	Irving LeRoy Dan Weldon Alfred Rode
Produced by	Emil E. Reinert Alfred Rode
Starring	Lupe Vélez Alfred Rode Jerry Verno Raymond Lovell
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Georges Grace
Music by	Alfred Rode
Production company	British Artistic
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	27 July 1936 (1936-07-27)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Gypsy Melody is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Lupe Vélez, Alfred Rode and Jerry Verno. It was made at Elstree Studios.^[1] The sets were designed by art director John Mead.

The film was a remake of the 1935 French film Juanita.

Synopsis

Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved.

Cast

• Lupe Vélez as Mila
• Alfred Rode as Captain Eric Danilo
• Jerry Verno as Madame Beatrice
• Raymond Lovell as Court Chamberlain
• Margaret Yarde as Grand Duchess
• Fred Duprez as Herbert P. Melon
• Hector Abbas as Biergarten Manager
• Louis Darnley as Hotel Manager
• G. De Joncourt as Doctor Ipstein
• Monti DeLyle as Marco
• Wyn Weaver as Grand Duke

References

1. Wood p.90

Bibliography

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

External links

• Gypsy Melody at IMDb