Climbing High (1938), 6- {nm}

Wealthy young man (Redgrave) pretends to be poor to be close to a model (Matthews) though he nearly engaged to an aristocrat (Vyner).
(78 min) Released 1938-11-01
Director: Carol Reed
Stars: Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave, Noel Madison, Alastair Sim

Genres: Comedy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031161/

Watched online, fuzzy print.

Carol Reed's 8th of 30 director credits ('35-'72).

Although it's not a musical, JM does sing opera-ish songs with a crazy man. 

Because of the poor print, I'm not sure how well Redgrave performed. JM got better coverage, and she did well. 

Unfortunately it's another plot where the woman says no, yet eventually succumbs to the persistent male. I suppose the persistence is flattering, but when does it become stalking? 

Gaumont British, dir. Carol Reed; 6-