Premiere (1938 film)

1938 film

Premiere

Directed by| Walter Summers
Written by| Friedrich Dammann
Max Wallner
F. McGrew Willis
Produced by| Walter C. Mycroft
Starring| John Lodge
Judy Kelly
Joan Marion
Hugh Williams
Cinematography| Otto Kanturek
Edited by| Lionel Tomlinson
Music by| Dénes Buday
Szabolcs Fényes

Production
company

Associated British

Distributed by| Associated British

Release date

* October 1938 (1938-10)

Running time

| 71 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

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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* John Lodge as Inspector Bonnard
* Judy Kelly as Carmen Daviot
* Joan Marion as Lydia Lavalle
* Hugh Williams as Nissen, Rene
* Edward Chapman as Lohrmann
* Steven Geray as Frolich
* Edmund Breon as Morel
* Wallace Geoffrey as Renoir
* Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Curry
* Joss Ambler as Spectator
* Jack Lambert as Stage manager

## 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.

## External links

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* Premiere at IMDb

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Films directed by Walter Summers

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* A Couple of Down and Outs (1923)
* The Unwanted (1924)
* The Cost of Beauty (1924)
* Who Is the Man? (1924)
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* Nelson (1926)
* Mons (1926)
* The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
* Bolibar (1928)
* Lost Patrol (1929)
* Chamber of Horrors (1929)
* Raise the Roof (1930)
* The Flame of Love (1930)
* Suspense (1930)
* The Man from Chicago (1931)
* The Flying Fool (1931)
* Men Like These (1932)
* The House Opposite (1931)
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* The Warren Case (1934)
* The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
* What Happened Then? (1934)
* Music Hath Charms (1935)
* Royal Cavalcade (1935)
* McGlusky the Sea Rover (1935)
* The Limping Man (1936)
* The Price of Folly (1937)
* Lucky Jade (1937)
* Premiere (1938)
* The Dark Eyes of London (1939)
* Traitor Spy (1939)
* At the Villa Rose (1940)

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