Land Without Music
Land Without Music is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Richard Tauber, Diana Napier and Jimmy Durante. It was made at Denham Studios.[1] The film was one of a number of operetta films made in Britain during the decade.
Max Schach
Armin Robinson (story) &
Fritz Koselka (story)
Rudolf Bernauer (adaptation)
Ernest Betts (additional dialogue) and
Eric Maschwitz (additional dialogue)
Marion Dix (writer)
L. du Garde Peach (writer)
Van Phillips
John W. Boyle
Lynn Harrison
Capitol Film Corporation
General Film Distributors
The film is also known by the alternative title Forbidden Music in the United States.
After discovering that her state is penniless because its citizens spend their time making music instead of money, a European Grand Duchess bans music in her domains.[2] A New York journalist conspires with rogues to stage a concert.
Richard Tauber as Mario Carlini
Diana Napier as Princess-Regent Maria Renata
Jimmy Durante as Jonah J. Whistler
June Clyde as Sadie Whistler
Derrick De Marney as Rudolpho Strozzi
George Hayes as Police Colonel Strozzi
Esme Percy as Austrian Ambassador
John Hepworth as Pedro
Edward Rigby as The Maestro
George Carney as Prison Warder
Ivan Wilmot as Chief Bandit
Robert Nainby as Minister for War
Joe Monkhouse as Finance Minister
Quentin McPhearson as Customs Officer
Evelyn Ankers as a Lady of the Court (uncredited; "Who's Carlini?" sequence)
The musical score for this film was composed by Oscar Straus. The main songs are 'Simple Little Melody', 'Smile for Me', 'Heaven in a Song' and 'You must have Music', all of which were recorded by Tauber for Parlophone.
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LAND WITHOUT MUSIC (1936) Because Films Inspire
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Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
Land Without Music on IMDb
Films directed by Walter Forde
What Next? (1928)
Wait and See (1929)
Would You Believe It! (1929)
You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
Red Pearls (1930)
The Last Hour (1930)
Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
Bed and Breakfast (1930)
Third Time Lucky (1931)
The Ringer (1931)
The Ghost Train (1931)
Splinters in the Navy (1931)
Condemned to Death (1932)
Lord Babs (1932)
Jack's the Boy (1932)
Rome Express (1932)
Orders Is Orders (1934)
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Jack Ahoy (1934)
Bulldog Jack (1935)
Brown on Resolution (1935)
King of the Damned (1935)
Land Without Music (1936)
Kicking the Moon Around (1938)
The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Let's Be Famous (1939)
The Four Just Men (1939)
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
Saloon Bar (1940)
Sailors Three (1940)
Gasbags (1941)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
Atlantic Ferry (1941)
Flying Fortress (1942)
The Peterville Diamond (1943)
It's That Man Again (1943)
Time Flies (1944)
One Exciting Night (1944)
Master of Bankdam (1947)
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)