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The Beggar Student (1931 British film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Beggar Student' is a 1931 British operetta film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Harvel and starring Shirley Dale, Lance Fairfax and Jerry Verno. It was based on the 1882 operetta 'The Beggar Student' composed by Carl Millcker. A separate German film was made the same year.
It was made at Beaconsfield Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007. p. 263. The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold.
Cast
*Shirley Dale as Tania
*Lance Fairfax as Carl Romaine
*Jerry Verno as Jan Janski
*Frederick Lloyd as Colonel Ollendorff
*Mark Daly as Sergeant
*Jill Hands as Broni
*Margaret Halstan as Countess Novalska
*Edward Ashley as Nicki
References
Bibliography
*Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
*Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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