The Broken Melody (1934 film)
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The Broken Melody is a 1934 British musical
drama film
directed by Bernard Vorhaus
and starring John Garrick, Margot Grahame
, Merle Oberon
and Austin Trevor
. A composer kills his wife's lover and, having escaped from the prison on Devil's Island
, returns to France and writes an opera about the experience.
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard Vorhaus was an American film director born in New York City.The Harvard University graduate, in addition to directing thirty-two films, was also the mentor to future film director David Lean, some of whose work as a film editor early in his career was on Vorhaus pictures...
and starring John Garrick, Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame was an English actress most noted for starring in The Informer and The Crimson Pirate. She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen appearance in 1958.-Movie actress:...
, Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon was an Indian-born British actress best known for her screen performances in The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Cowboy and the Lady . She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII . She travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel...
and Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor was a Belfast born actor who had a long career in British films and television.He was the first actor to play Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot on screen in three British films during the early 1930s: Alibi , Black Coffee and Lord Edgware Dies...
. A composer kills his wife's lover and, having escaped from the prison on Devil's Island
Devil's Island
Devil's Island is the smallest and northernmost island of the three Îles du Salut located about 6 nautical miles off the coast of French Guiana . It has an area of 14 ha . It was a small part of the notorious French penal colony in French Guiana until 1952...
, returns to France and writes an opera about the experience.
Cast
- John Garrick as Paul Verlaine
- Margot GrahameMargot GrahameMargot Grahame was an English actress most noted for starring in The Informer and The Crimson Pirate. She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen appearance in 1958.-Movie actress:...
as Simone St. Cloud - Merle OberonMerle OberonMerle Oberon was an Indian-born British actress best known for her screen performances in The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Cowboy and the Lady . She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII . She travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel...
as Germaine Brissard - Austin TrevorAustin TrevorAustin Trevor was a Belfast born actor who had a long career in British films and television.He was the first actor to play Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot on screen in three British films during the early 1930s: Alibi , Black Coffee and Lord Edgware Dies...
as Pierre Falaise - Charles CarsonCharles Carson (actor)-Selected filmography:* The Loves of Ariane * Dreyfus * Many Waters * Marry Me * The Chinese Puzzle * Monsieur Albert * Men of Tomorrow * Leap Year...
as Colonel Dubonnet - Harry TerryHarry TerryHarry Terry was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1927 and 1952, including two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in London.-Selected filmography:* The Ring...
as Henri - Andreas MalandrinosAndreas MalandrinosAndreas Malandrinos was a Greek-born actor who started appearing in British films from 1930, until his death 40 years later in Surrey, England...
as M. Brissard - Toni Edgar-BruceToni Edgar-Bruce-Selected filmography:* Tell England * Brother Alfred * The Broken Melody * Lilies of the Field * Captain Bill * Scruffy * The First of the Few * Heaven Is Round the Corner...
as Vera - Conway Dixon as Colonel's Friend
- Stella Rho as Lisette as Simone's Maid
- Kynaston ReevesKynaston ReevesKynaston Reeves was christened Philip Arthur Reeves, and was an English character actor who appeared in numerous films and many television plays and series.-Career:...
as Colonel Fitzroy