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Out of the Blue (1931 film)

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Music by
  
Vivian Ellis

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Musical

Country
  
United Kingdom

Release date
  
1931 (1931)

Based on
  
Play "Little Tommy Tucker" by Desmond Carter and Caswell Garth

Writer
  
Desmond Carter (play), Caswell Garth (play), Bert Lee, Frank Miller, R.P. Weston

Production companies
  
Associated British Picture Corporation

Cinematography
  
Arthur Crabtree, Ernest Palmer

Cast
  
Jessie Matthews
,
Gene Gerrard
,
Kay Hammond

Similar movies
  
Gasbags (1940), Neutral Port (1940), I Thank You (1941), Band Waggon (1940), Alfs Button Afloat (1938)

Out of the Blue is a 1931 British musical film directed by Gene Gerrard and starring Gerrard, Jessie Matthews and Kay Hammond. It was Matthews first major film role. A baronets 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. John Orton served as a supervising director.

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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

    Britmovie called the film "lightweight."

    Bibliography

  • MacNab, Geoffrey. Searching for stars: stardom and screen acting in British cinema. Casell, 2000.

    • References

    Out of the Blue (1931 film) Wikipedia
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    Out of the Blue (1931 film) IMDb


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