Hitchcock: The British Years The Thirties

Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna

 


          Johann Strauss, the Younger, composes the Blue Danube Waltz. Based on a then-popular theater musical about Johann Strauss, the Elder and Johann Strauss, the Younger, Hitchcock's
Waltzes from Vienna is a musical without any musical numbers (there were budget constraints).

          Hitchcock has described the making of this film as his "lowest ebb", though he certainly came back swinging with The Man Who Knew Too Much the following year.

Production: Gaurnont British, by G.F.D., 1933, G. B. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Scenario: Alma Reville and Guy Bolton, from the play by Guy Bolton. Sets: Alfred Junge and Peter Proud. Music: Johann Strauss the Elder and Strauss the Younger. Studio: Lime Grove. Distributors: G.F.D., 1933, 80 minutes; USA, Tom Arnold, 1935. Principal Actors: Jessie Matthews (Rasi), Esmond Knight (Shani Strauss), Frank Vosper (the prince), Fay Compton (the countess), Edmund Gwenn (Johann Strauss the Elder), Robert Hale (Ebezeder), Hindle Edgar (Leopold), Marcus Barron (Drexter), Charles Heslop, Sybil Grove, Billy Shine Junior, Bertram Dench, B.M. Lewis, Cyril Smith, Betty Huntley Wright, Berinoff and Charlot.

US release title: Strauss' Great Waltz.


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