Melody Club (film) explained

Melody Club is a 1949 British second feature ('B')^[1] comedy musical film directed by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and starring Terry-Thomas, Gwynneth Vaughan and Michael Balfour.^{[2] [3]} It was written by Carl Nystrom and made at Kensington Studios.

Plot

Detective Freddy Forrester, chasing jewel thieves, traces them to a nightclub.

Cast

• Terry-Thomas as Freddy Forrester
• Gwynneth Vaughan as Jean
• Michael Balfour as Max Calypso
• Len Lowe as Tony
• Bill Lowe as Birdie
• Lilian Grey as Cora
• Arthur Gomez as Inspector Dodds
• Anthony Shaw as General Blitzem
• Sylvia Clarke as Susie
• Jack Mayne as Hector
• Ida Patlanski as Hector's wife

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Low-budget British comedy: worn-out gags."^[4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Collection of well-worn jokes stitched together to make a plot."^[5]

References

1. Book: Chibnall, Steve . The British 'B' Film . McFarlane . Brian . . 2009 . 978-1-8445-7319-6 . London . 37.
2. Web site: Melody Club . 14 October 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
3. Web site: Melody Club (1949). https://web.archive.org/web/20210423191042/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b336e85. dead. 23 April 2021. BFI.
4. 1 January 1949 . Melody Club . . 16 . 181 . 162 . subscription . ProQuest.
5. Book: Quinlan, David . British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 . . 1984 . 0-7134-1874-5 . London . 230.