Land Without Music

Land Without Music is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Richard Tauber, Diana Napier and Jimmy Durante. It was made at Denham Studios.^[1] The film was one of a number of operetta films made in Britain during the decade.

The film is also known by the alternative title Forbidden Music in the United States.

Plot summary[]

After discovering that her state is penniless because its citizens spend their time making music instead of money, a European Grand Duchess bans music in her domains.^[2] A New York journalist conspires with rogues to stage a concert.

Cast[]

• Richard Tauber as Mario Carlini
• Diana Napier as Princess-Regent Maria Renata
• Jimmy Durante as Jonah J. Whistler
• June Clyde as Sadie Whistler
• Derrick De Marney as Rudolpho Strozzi
• George Hayes as Police Colonel Strozzi
• Esme Percy as Austrian Ambassador
• John Hepworth as Pedro
• Edward Rigby as The Maestro
• George Carney as Prison Warder
• Ivan Wilmot as Chief Bandit
• Robert Nainby as Minister for War
• Joe Monkhouse as Finance Minister
• Quentin McPhearson as Customs Officer
• Evelyn Ankers as a Lady of the Court (uncredited; "Who's Carlini?" sequence)

Soundtrack[]

The musical score for this film was composed by Oscar Straus. The main songs are 'Simple Little Melody', 'Smile for Me', 'Heaven in a Song' and 'You must have Music', all of which were recorded by Tauber for Parlophone.

References[]

Bibliography[]

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

External links[]

• Land Without Music at IMDb

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