Melody Club (film)

Melody Club
Melody Club
Directed by	Robert S. Baker; Monty Berman;
Written by	Carl Nystrom
Produced by	Robert S. Baker; Monty Berman;
Starring	Terry-Thomas; Gwynneth Vaughan; Michael Balfour;
Cinematography	Peter Newbrook
Edited by	Gerald Landau
Music by	Ralph Sharon
Production; company	Tempean Films
Distributed by	Eros Films (UK)
Release date	July 1949 (UK);
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Melody Club is a 1949 British second feature ('B')^[1] comedy musical film directed by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and starring Terry-Thomas, Gwynneth Vaughan and Michael Balfour.^[2]^[3] It was written by Carl Nystrom and made at Kensington Studios.

Plot

Detective Freddy Forrester, chasing jewel thieves, traces them to a nightclub.

Cast

Terry-Thomas as Freddy Forrester
Gwynneth Vaughan as Jean
Michael Balfour as Max Calypso
Len Lowe as Tony
Bill Lowe as Birdie
Lilian Grey as Cora
Arthur Gomez as Inspector Dodds
Anthony Shaw as General Blitzem
Sylvia Clarke as Susie
Jack Mayne as Hector
Ida Patlanski as Hector's wife

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Low-budget British comedy: worn-out gags."^[4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Collection of well-worn jokes stitched together to make a plot."^[5]

References

^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
^ "Melody Club". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
^ "Melody Club (1949)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021.
^ "Melody Club". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 16 (181): 162. 1 January 1949 – via ProQuest.
^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 230. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.

External links

Melody Club at IMDb

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[Chibnall-1] Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.

[BFIsearch-2] "Melody Club". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[3] "Melody Club (1949)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021.

[4] "Melody Club". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 16 (181): 162. 1 January 1949 – via ProQuest.

[5] Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 230. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.

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