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Pagliacci (1936 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Pagliacci' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Richard Tauber, Steffi Duna and Diana Napier.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114020700/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/45621 BFI.org] It is an adaptation in English of the 1892 opera 'Pagliacci' by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
Production
The film is shot partially in colour (using the UFAcolor process) and partially in black-and-white. The film's art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. The film was made by the independent Trafalgar Films at Elstree Studios. The film was a very expensive production, with Tauber himself receiving 60,000 for appearing, which turned into a costly flop on its release.Low p.203-4
Cast
* Richard Tauber as Canio Salvatini
* Steffi Duna as Nedda Salvatini
* Diana Napier as Trina
* Arthur Margetson as Tonio
* Esmond Knight as Cadet Silvio
* Jerry Verno as Beppe, comic trouper
* Gordon James as Leone
* Harry Milton as Cadet
* Ivan Wilmot as Silvio's Coach Driver
* John Traynor as Coach-Home Builder
See also
* List of early color feature films
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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