The Girl in the Taxi (1937 film)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Girl in the Taxi
Associated British Film Distributors
Release date
3 September 1937
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Girl in the Taxi is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Frances Day, Henri Garat and Lawrence Grossmith.[1] It was based on the stage musical The Girl in the Taxi and was part of a trend of operetta films produced during the decade.

Synopsis

In Paris, Baron des Aubrais is the head of The Society for the Reward for Virtue, but at night he becomes a roué, and pursues the same woman admired by his son.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Ealing Studios in London,[2] with sets designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. A separate French-language version, Chaste Susanne, was shot at the same time by Berthomieu, with Henri Garat being the only actor to appear in both versions.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review

Kine Weekly said "Though it never succeeds in getting very far away from its technical and dramatically dated origins, this screen adaptation of the popular operetta of a quarter of a century ago, when Paris was considered more naughty than it is today, is put over in spirited style by its cast, while the alternately piquant and broadly farcical situations arising from amatory indiscretions, principally at the Mouin Rouge, of the hypocritical old moralist, still carry a fair quota of laughs."[3]

The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "The musical numbers are inadequate, but the farce is peppily played."[4]

Leslie Halliwell said: "Moderately piquant comedy. "[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Girl in the Taxi". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ^ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute.
  3. Kine Weekly
    . Vol. 246, no. 1584. 26 August 1937. p. 53 – via ProQuest.
  4. ISBN 9780992936440
    .
  5. ISBN 0586088946
    .

External links


Stub icon

This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a musical comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Girl_in_the_Taxi_(1937_film)&oldid=1196955565"