Danny Boy (1934 film)
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Danny Boy is a 1934 British musical film
directed by Oswald Mitchell
and starring Frank Forbes-Robinson, Dorothy Dickson
, Archie Pitt and Ronnie Hepworth. Mitchell made another film with the same title
in 1941.
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...
directed by Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Albert Mitchell was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.-Selected filmography:* Such Is the Law * Danny Boy * Old Mother Riley...
and starring Frank Forbes-Robinson, Dorothy Dickson
Dorothy Dickson
Dorothy Dickson , was an American-born, London-based theater actress and singer.-Biography:Dickson is known mostly for her rendition of the Jerome Kern song "Look for the Silver Lining". She was also a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and made many appearances in New York and abroad...
, Archie Pitt and Ronnie Hepworth. Mitchell made another film with the same title
Danny Boy (1941 film)
Danny Boy is a 1941 British drama film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring David Farrar, Wilfrid Lawson, Ann Todd and Grant Tyler. Halliwell's Film and Video Guide describes the film as a "sentimental drama with music; not for the critical."-Cast:...
in 1941.
Plot
A theatrical couple find their relationship strained when the wife is far more successful than her husband.Cast
- Frank Forbes-Robinson - Pat Clare
- Dorothy DicksonDorothy DicksonDorothy Dickson , was an American-born, London-based theater actress and singer.-Biography:Dickson is known mostly for her rendition of the Jerome Kern song "Look for the Silver Lining". She was also a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and made many appearances in New York and abroad...
- Jane Kaye - Archie Pitt - Silver Sam
- Ronnie Hepworth - Danny
- Denis O'Neil - Mike
- Cyril RitchardCyril RitchardCyril Ritchard was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is probably best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan....
- John Martin - Fred DuprezFred DuprezFred Duprez was an American film actor who appeared mainly in British films.Fred Duprez was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died from a heart attack on board a ship enroute to England...
- Leo Newman - Paul Neville - Maloney