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Premiere (1938 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Premiere' is a 1938 British musical mystery film directed by Walter Summers and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly, Joan Marion, Hugh Williams. In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114020101/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46996 BFI.org]
The film was shot at Elstree Studios.Wood p.99 It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film 'Premiere' and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English.
Cast
* John Lodge as Inspector Bonnard
* Judy Kelly as Carmen Daviot
* Joan Marion as Lydia Lavalle
* Hugh Williams as Nissen, Rene
* Edward Chapman as Lohrmann
* Steven Geray as Frolich
* Edmund Breon as Morel
* Wallace Geoffrey as Renoir
* Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Curry
* Joss Ambler as Spectator
* Jack Lambert as Stage manager
References
Bibliography
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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