The Street Singer

The Street Singer (1937)

Following an argument with his co-star during the rehearsals for a new stage show, famous singer Richard King walks out of the theatre, still wearing his ragged stage costume. Mistaken for a beggar, he’s taken in by a pair of street entertainers and joins their act incognito.

Date of release
1937-03-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Director
Jean de Marguenat

Casting

Interesting facts

The Street Singer is a 1937 British musical film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Arthur Tracy, Margaret Lockwood and Arthur Riscoe. The screenplay concerns a famous musician who is mistaken for a street singer. It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf.

Production

The film was produced by a woman, Dora Nirva, making her the first woman to be credited as producer of a British film.

The movie was devised as a vehicle for Arthur Tracy. Margaret Lockwood was borrowed from Gainsborough to play the female lead. Her biographer wrote "Margaret’s role reduced her to little more than a 'feed' for Tracy as a girl busker who mistakes him for a tramp and takes him under her wing."

The movie was known as Interval for Romance and was filmed in late 1936. It was the first in a series of productions for British National.

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