Premiere (1938 film)

Premiere is a 1938 British musical mystery film directed by Walter Summers and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly, Joan Marion, Hugh Williams. In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation.^[1]

The film was shot at Elstree Studios.^[2] It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film Premiere and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English.

• John Lodge as Inspector Bonnard
• Judy Kelly as Carmen Daviot
• Joan Marion as Lydia Lavalle
• Hugh Williams as Nissen, Rene
• Edward Chapman as Lohrmann
• Steven Geray as Frolich
• Edmund Breon as Morel
• Wallace Geoffrey as Renoir
• Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Curry
• Joss Ambler as Spectator
• Jack Lambert as Stage manager

• Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

• Premiere at IMDb

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