''Mayfair Melody'' is a 1937 British
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
, directed by
Arthur B. Woods and starring popular
bass-baritone
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing thr ...
singer
Keith Falkner
Sir Donald Keith Falkner (1 March 1900 – 17 May 1994), known simply as Keith Falkner, was a distinguished English bass-baritone singer especially associated with oratorio and concert recital, who later became Director of the Royal College of M ...
in the first of his three screen performances.
It was made at
Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of
Warner Brothers. The film was a
quota quickie production, featuring Falkner as a factory hand whose wonderful singing voice is discovered by the daughter of the factory owner. She then guides him up the ladder to fame and fortune as a professional singer. ''Mayfair Melody'' is now classed as a
lost film.
Missing Believed Lost
British Pictures Article Archive.
Cast
* Keith Falkner
Sir Donald Keith Falkner (1 March 1900 – 17 May 1994), known simply as Keith Falkner, was a distinguished English bass-baritone singer especially associated with oratorio and concert recital, who later became Director of the Royal College of M ...
as Mark
* Chili Bouchier as Carmen
* Bruce Lester as Dickie
* Joyce Kirby
Joyce Kirby (March 15, 1915 – 1985) was a British actress. On stage from childhood and a dancer in Cochrane shows, she appeared in several British films of the 1930s.
Selected filmography
* ''The Midshipmaid'' (1932)
* ''A Safe Propositio ...
as Brenda
* Glen Alyn as Daphne
* Aubrey Mallalieu as Dighton
* George Galleon as Lord Chester
* Louis Goodrich as Ludborough
* Ian McLean as Collecchi
* Vivienne Chatterton as Mme. Collecchi
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
*
''Mayfair''
at BFI Film & TV Database
1937 films
British musical films
1937 musical films
Films directed by Arthur B. Woods
Lost British films
1930s English-language films
British black-and-white films
Films shot at Teddington Studios
Warner Bros. films
1937 lost films
Lost musical films
1930s British films
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