''Everything in Life'' is a 1936 British

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Gitta Alpar, Neil Hamilton and

Lawrence Grossmith Lawrence Randall Grossmith (29 March 1877 – 21 February 1944 (aged 66)) was an English actor, the son of the Gilbert and Sullivan performer George Grossmith and the brother of the actor-manager George Grossmith Jr. After establishing his ca ...

. It was made at

Highbury Studios The Highbury Studios were a British film studio located in Highbury, North London which operated from 1937 until 1956. The studios were constructed by the producer Maurice J. Wilson. During its early years, the studio was hired out to indepen ...

.Wood p.90

Synopsis

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

Cast

* Gitta Alpar as Rita Bonya * Neil Hamilton as Geoffrey Loring *

as Lewis Radford * H. F. Maltby as Sir Algernon Spindle * Gerald Barry as Vere Ponsonby *

Dorothy Boyd Dorothy Boyd (14 April 1907 – 1996) was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1926 and 1940. She was born in Sanderstead, Surrey, England and died in England. Without any previous stage experience, she came t ...

as Miss Winstone * Wyn Weaver as William Tewkes *

Clarissa Selwynne Clarissa Selwynne (26 February 1886 – 13 June 1948) was a British stage and film actress.Kear & King p. 143 She settled in the United States, working in Hollywood where she appeared in around 100 films. Partial filmography *'' Hearts in Exil ...

as Matilda Tewkes * Bruce Winston as Franz Graumann *

Vera Bogetti Vera Josephine Boggetti (5 October 1902 – 10 October 1985) was a British stage and film actress. She married Laurence J. Rickards in Hampstead, London in 1925, and the couple had a daughter, Pauline, in 1931, who died as an infant in 1932 ...

as Carolyn Dexter * John Deverell as John

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1936 films British musical films British black-and-white films 1936 musical films Films directed by J. Elder Wills Films shot at Highbury Studios 1930s English-language films 1930s British films English-language musical films Films scored by Hans May {{UK-musical-film-stub