Blossom Time (1934 film)
Blossom Time is a British musical drama from 1934, directed by Paul L. Stein and featuring performances by Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter, and Carl Esmond. The movie adapts the operetta Blossom Time created by Heinrich Berté. Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Vienna, the storyline centers on composer Franz Schubert as he supports a young woman he secretly admires. The film had its London debut at midnight on 10 July 1934, followed by a trade preview in Nottingham on 25 July. It was publicly released on 24 August at the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, where it ran for seven weeks. Later, it premiered in Vienna at the Apollo Theatre on 20 November 1934.
Cast
- Richard Tauber portraying Franz Schubert
- Jane Baxter as Vicki Wimpassinger
- Carl Esmond in the role of Count Rudi Von Hohenberg
- Athene Seyler playing Archduchess Maria Victoria
- Paul Graetz as Alois Wimpassinger
- Charles Carson as Lafont
- Marguerite Allan in the role of Baroness
- Edward Chapman portraying Mayrhofer
- Lester Matthews as Schwind
- Gibb McLaughlin playing Bauernfeld
- Ivan Samson as Hutten Bremmer
- Frederick Lloyd in the role of Police Captain
- Cecil Ramage as Vogl
- Bertha Belmore portraying Madame
- Hugh Dempster as Will
- Spencer Trevor in the role of Colonel
- Bruce Winston as Fat Man
Reception
The film Blossom Time was selected by Film Weekly readers as the top British film of 1934. On 7 September 1934, during a screening at London's Regal Cinema, Richard Tauber connected with the audience via shortwave transmission from Vienna, where he was engaged in performing his operetta The Singing Dream.
See also
- The House of Three Girls (1918)
- Three Girls for Schubert (1936)
- The House of Three Girls (1958)