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The Broken Melody( 1934)

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Overview

A composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.

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      John Garrick

      Paul Verlaine

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      Margot Grahame

      Simone St. Cloud

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      Merle Oberon

      Germaine Brissard

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      Austin Trevor

      Pierre Falaise

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      Charles Carson

      Colonel Dubonnet

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      Conway Dixon

      His Friend

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      Harry Terry

      Henri

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      Andreas Malandrinos

      Brissard

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      Toni Edgar-Bruce

      Vera

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      Stella Rho

      Lisette

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      Kynaston Reeves

      Colonel Fitzroy

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 13 2022
    Recounted by way of an after-show theatre conversation by someone who thinks he recognises one of the actors, this is the rather run of the mill tale of "Paul Verlaine" (a marionette-like John Garrick) who works in a Parisian café with "Germaine Brissard" (Merle Oberon). One night "Simone St. Cloud" (Margot Grahame) - a big star of the stage stops by and next thing she and Garrick are in love, married and have a baby... All of this inspires him to write a musical, but Lloyd Webber he isn't; it flops and she dumps him. He takes revenge by killing his successor in her life and is dispatched to th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • composer
    • musical
    • murder