''Between Night and Day'' (Spanish: ''Entre noche y día'') is a 1931 British Spanish-language
mystery film
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directed by
Albert de Courville
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Career
In abo ...
and Fernando Gomis. It was made at
Walton Studios
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Walter Hackett
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.
A separate French-language film '' 77 Rue Chalgrin'' (also directed by Courville) was also released. Such multiple-language versions were common during the early years of
sound
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. The only actor appearing in the film with a career in the English-speaking world was Helena D'Algy. The Portuguese actress portrays the character played in the other versions by Betty Stockfold and Suzy Piorson. It was one of her last-known roles before two
Paramount British
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productions, respectively the same year and in 1933. The rest of the cast included Alfonso de Granada, Gabriel Algara and Jesús Castro Blanco.
Fernando Gomis Izquierdo was assistant director and "director of dialogues" for this version. The film was a
United Artists
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production.
The film was released in Spain on December 21, 1931 and was shown at the Teatro Lloréns, in
Seville
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, in January 1932, for example. It was theatrically distributed in Argentina in 1932.
Plot
In the Paris of the 1930s, Marie de Vendiers's brother, is a gambler. His debts put his sister in an awkward position. She then meets the Marquess of Cleves.
Cast
The cast included:
*Alfonso de Granada as Marquess of Cleves
* Helena D'Algy as Marie de Vendiers
*Gabriel Algara as Morland
*Jesús Castro Blanco as Paul
*Manuel de Diego as Philippe
*Antonio Gentil as Sinclair
*Pilar González Torres as Eva
*Joaquin Carrasco
*José Sierra de Luna
Reception
A review in ''Popular Film'' in 1933 praised the acting.
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.