Say It with Music (1932 film)

Say It with Music is a 1932 British musical drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Payne, Percy Marmont and Evelyn Roberts. It was produced by Herbert Wilcox's British and Dominions Films at Elstree Studios.[1] It takes its title from the 1921 song Say It with Music by Irving Berlin which features in the soundtrack, and was an early example of a string of bandleader-centric films produced by British studios during the decade.[2] It is also notable for providing an early acting role for the then-24-year-old William Hartnell, who decades later would go on to portray the First Doctor on Doctor Who.

Say It with Music
Directed byJack Raymond
Written byWilliam Pollock
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringJack Payne
Percy Marmont
Evelyn Roberts
CinematographyOsmond Borradaile
Music byLew Stone
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Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • 14 November 1932 (1932-11-14)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

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A former World War I pilot now working as a top bandleader helps a gifted composer recover from amnesia.

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References

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  1. ^ Wood p.76
  2. ^ Wright p.51

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
  • Wright, Adrian. Cheer Up!: British Musical Films 1929-1945. The Boydell Press, 2020.
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