Calling the Tune

Calling the Tune
Directed by	Reginald Denham
Produced by	Hugh Perceval
Written by	Basil Mason Reginald Denham
Starring	Adele Dixon Sally Gray Sam Livesey
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Thorold Dickinson Ray Pitt
Production company	Phoenix Films
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release dates	7 July 1936
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Calling the Tune was a play written by the irish MP and novelist, Justin Huntly McCarthy first publishedin in 1913. The adaptation was a 1936 British musical drama film directed by Reginald Denham and Thorold Dickinson and starring Adele Dixon, Sally Gray and Sam Livesey. It was made at Ealing Studios^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director R. Holmes Paul.

Cast

• Adele Dixon as Julia Harbord
• Sally Gray as Margaret Gordon
• Sam Livesey as Bob Gordon
• Eliot Makeham as Stephen Harbord
• Donald Wolfit as Dick Finlay
• Clifford Evans as Peter Mallory
• Lewis Casson as John Mallory
• Ronald Simpson as Bramwell
• H.F. Maltby as Stubbins
• Robb Wilton as Jenkins
• Reginald Forsyth as Himself
• Charles Penrose as Himself
• George Robey as Himself
• Students of the R.A.D.A. as Themselves
• Henry Wood as Himself
• Pat Fitzpatrick as Boy
• Cedric Hardwicke as Himself

References

1. Wood p.85

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Calling the Tune at the Internet Movie Database