''Harmony Heaven'' is a 1930

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

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

Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley may refer to: * Thomas Bentley (director) Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sou ...

and starring Polly Ward, Stuart Hall and Trilby Clark. This film had Pathechrome inserts, and was one of Britain's first two musical films, along with ''Raise the Roof''.Barrios p.211 It was made at

Elstree Studios Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios ha ...

with sets designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

John Mead.

Cast

* Polly Ward as Billie Breeze * Stuart Hall as Bob Farrell * Trilby Clark as Lady Violet Mistley *

Jack Raine Thomas Foster "Jack" Raine (18 May 1897 – 30 May 1979) was an English stage, television and film actor. Career He was a leading man of the British cinema in the late twenties and early thirties in such films as '' The Hate Ship'' (1929), ...

as Stuart * Philip Hewland as Beasley Cutting *

Percy Standing Percy Standing was an English film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Life Without Soul'' (1915) * ''My Four Years in Germany'' (1918) * ''To the Highest Bidder'' (1918) * '' Should a Husband Forgive?'' (1919) * ''The Great Da ...

as Producer * Gus Sharland as Stage Manager * Aubrey Fitzgerald as Suggs * Edna Prince as The Singer

Bibliography

* Barrios, Richard. ''A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film''. Oxford University Press, 2010.

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* 1930 films 1930s color films 1930s English-language films 1930 musical films British musical films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios Films directed by Thomas Bentley British black-and-white films 1930s British films English-language musical films {{UK-musical-film-stub

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