Song at Eventide
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Song at Eventide is a 1934 British
musical film
directed by Harry Hughes
and starring Fay Compton
, Lester Matthews
and Nancy Burne
. A top cabaret
singer is blackmailed in a scandal that threatens to ruin her and her family.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
musical film
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 Harry Hughes
Harry Hughes (director)
-Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne...
and starring Fay Compton
Fay Compton
Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...
, Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975...
and Nancy Burne
Nancy Burne
-Selected filmography:* Facing the Music * Song at Eventide * Dandy Dick * Once a Thief * Old Roses * It Happened in Paris * Reasonable Doubt * A Wife or Two...
. A top cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
singer is blackmailed in a scandal that threatens to ruin her and her family.
Partial cast
- Fay ComptonFay ComptonFay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...
- Helen d'Alaste - Lester MatthewsLester MatthewsLester Matthews was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975...
- Lord Belsize - Nancy BurneNancy Burne-Selected filmography:* Facing the Music * Song at Eventide * Dandy Dick * Once a Thief * Old Roses * It Happened in Paris * Reasonable Doubt * A Wife or Two...
- Patricia Belsize - Leslie PerrinsLeslie PerrinsLeslie Perrins was an English actor who often played villains. In his long career, he appeared in well over 60 films...
- Ricardo - Tom HelmoreTom HelmoreTom Helmore was an English film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between 1927 and 1972, including three directed by Alfred Hitchcock.He was born in London and died in Longboat Key, Florida.-Selected filmography:...
- Michael Law - Minnie RaynerMinnie Rayner-Selected filmography:* The Old Curiosity Shop * If Youth But Knew * The Sleeping Cardinal * The Missing Rembrandt * The Veteran of Waterloo * I Lived with You * Excess Baggage...
- Blondie - O.B. Clarence - Registrar
- Tully Comber - Jim
- Barbara GottBarbara Gott-Selected filmography:* Downhill * Ringing the Changes * Lily of Killarney * Compromising Daphne * At the Villa Rose * The House of the Arrow * The Sport of Kings...
- Anna - Charles PatonCharles PatonCharles Paton was an English film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1927 and 1951, including Freedom of the Seas...
- Director