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Source: Australian Screen
form y separately published work icon The Broken Melody single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: The Vagabond Violinist
Adaptation of The Broken Melody Frederick J. Thwaites , 1930 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 The Broken Melody
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Film Details - Cinesound Productions , 1938

Producers:

Ken G. Hall (Producer)
Ronald Whelan (Assistant Producer)

Production Companies:

Cinesound Productions

Director of Photography:

George Heath

Editors:

William Shepherd

Production Designers:

Jack Souter (Production Manager)
Harry Strachan (Production Manager)
Eric Thompson (Art Director)

Composer:

Horace Keats
Alfred Hill

Music:

W. Hamilton Webber

Cast:

Incl. Lloyd Hughes (John Ainsworth), Diana Du Cane (Ann), Frank Harvey (Jules de Latanac), Rosalind Kennerdale (Madame Le Lange), Alec Kellaway (Joe), Harry Abdy (Sam Harris), Rita Pauncefort (Bella), Harold Meade (Michael Ainsworth), June Munro (Nibs Ainsworth), Ronald Whelan (Bullman), Lionello Cecil (The Tenor), Letty Craydon (Maid), Marshall Crosby (Rowing Trainer), Gough Whitlam (Man in Nightclub)

Release Dates:

17 June 1938 (Embassy Theatre, Sydney).

F.W. Thwaites attended the opening sessions to personally sign copies of his books.


Settings:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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