Waltz Time (1945 film)

Waltz Time
Waltz Time
Directed by	Paul L. Stein
Written by	Henry C. James; Karl Rossier; Montgomery Tully; Jack Whittingham;
Produced by	Louis H. Jackson
Starring	Carol Raye; Peter Graves; Patricia Medina;
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Douglas Myers
Music by	Hans May
Production; company	British National Films
Distributed by	Anglo-American Film Corporation
Release date	13 August 1945;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Waltz Time is a 1945 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Carol Raye, Peter Graves and Patricia Medina.^[1]

Premise

In Imperial Vienna a young Grand Duchess is prevented from marrying the man she loves.

Partial cast

Carol Raye as Empress Maria
Peter Graves as Count Franz von Hofer
Patricia Medina as Cenci Prohaska
John Ruddock as Count Prohaska
Harry Welchman as Count Rodzanka
Thorley Walters as Stefan Ravenne
George Robey as Vogel
Wylie Watson as Josef
Richard Tauber as Shepherd
Toni Edgar-Bruce as Augustine
Hay Petrie as Minister of War
Hugh Dempster as Ferdinand Hohenlohe
Brefni O'Rorke as Emperor
Ivan Samson as Gendarmes Captain
Kay Kendall as Lady in Waiting

Reception

According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed well at the British box office in 1945.^[2] The 'biggest winner' at the box office in 1945 Britain was The Seventh Veil, with "runners up" being (in release order), Madonna of the Seven Moons, Old Acquaintance, Frenchman's Creek, Mrs Parkington, Arsenic and Old Lace, Meet Me in St Louis, A Song to Remember, Since You Went Away, Here Come the Waves, Tonight and Every Night, Hollywood Canteen, They Were Sisters, The Princess and the Pirate, The Adventures of Susan, National Velvet, Mrs Skefflington, I Live in Grosvenor Square, Nob Hill, Perfect Strangers, Valley of Decision, Conflict and Duffy's Tavern. British "runners up" were They Were Sisters, I Live in Grosvenor Square, Perfect Strangers, Madonna of the Seven Moons, Waterloo Road, Blithe Spirit, The Way to the Stars, I'll Be Your Sweetheart, Dead of Night, Waltz Time and Henry V.^[3]

References

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | WALTZ TIME (1945)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p 208
^ Lant, Antonia (1991). Blackout : reinventing women for wartime British cinema. Princeton University Press. p. 232.

External links

Waltz Time at IMDb
Review of film at Variety

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[1] "BFI | Film & TV Database | WALTZ TIME (1945)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[2] Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p 208

[3] Lant, Antonia (1991). Blackout : reinventing women for wartime British cinema. Princeton University Press. p. 232.

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