Out of the Blue (1931 film)
| Out of the Blue | |
|---|---|
 Jessie Matthews sings the title song | |
| Directed by | Gene Gerrard |
| Screenplay by | Bert Lee Frank Miller R.P. Weston |
| Based on | Play Little Tommy Tucker by Desmond Carter and Caswell Garth[1] |
| Produced by | John Maxwell |
| Starring | Gene Gerrard Jessie Matthews Kay Hammond |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Edward B. Jarvis (as E.B. Jarvis) |
| Music by | Vivian Ellis |
Production company | British International Pictures |
| Distributed by | Pathé Pictures International (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Out of the Blue is a 1931 British musical film directed by Gene Gerrard and starring Gerrard, Jessie Matthews and Kay Hammond.[2] It was Matthews' first major film role.[3] A baronet's daughter falls in love with a radio star who is engaged to marry her sister. The film was not a success, but led to Matthews being cast in There Goes the Bride.[3] Matthews later wrote in her autobiography, "Out of the Blue was adapted from a stage musical and never should have left the boards."[4] John Orton served as a supervising director.[2]
Plot[]
Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker (Jessie Matthews) is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale (Gene Gerrard), but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela (Kay Hammond), who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.
Cast[]
- Gene Gerrard – Bill Coverdale
- Jessie Matthews – Tommy Tucker
- Kay Hammond – Angela Tucker
- Kenneth Kove – Freddie
- Binnie Barnes – Rosa
- David Miller – Sir Jeremy Tucker
- Fred Groves – Bannister Blair
- Averil Haley – Judy Blair
- Hal Gordon – Videlop
- Gordon Begg – Mumford
Critical reception[]
TV Guide and Britmovie both called the film "lightweight."[5][6]
References[]
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set – The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Out of the Blue (1931) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ a b MacNab p.74
- ^ "Evergreen (1934)". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Out Of The Blue". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Out of the Blue | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
Bibliography[]
- MacNab, Geoffrey. Searching for stars: stardom and screen acting in British cinema. Casell, 2000.
External links[]
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