Monday, November 13, 2017

It's Love Again (1936), 6

Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a ... 
(83 min) Released 1936-05-06
Director: Victor Saville
Stars: Jessie Matthews, Robert Young, Sonnie Hale
Buddy Bradley ... dances and ensembles arranger

Genres: Comedy | Musical
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027810/

Watched on Amazon Prime, poor copy: blurry video, lots of hiss in the sound and 5 minutes shorter than IMDb listing.

JM was a delightful singer/dancer/comic actor. Here she has a male partner for some dances; I can't figure out his name. Some pretty ensemble work, but not terrific. Cute plot.

Robert Young was in Secret Agent ('36, dir. Hitchcock, same studio), released immediately before this one.

Gaumont British Picture Corporation, dir. Saville; 6