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Premiere (1938 film)

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Premiere
Directed byWalter Summers
Written byFriedrich Dammann
Max Wallner
F. McGrew Willis
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
StarringJohn Lodge
Judy Kelly
Joan Marion
Hugh Williams
CinematographyOtto Kanturek
Edited byLionel Tomlinson
Music byDénes Buday
Szabolcs Fényes
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British
Release date
  • October 1938 (1938-10)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Premiere is a 1938 British musical mystery film directed by Walter Summers and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly, Joan Marion, Hugh Williams. In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation.[1]

The film was shot at Elstree Studios.[2] It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film Premiere and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.99

Bibliography

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  • Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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