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Gypsy (1937 film)

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Gypsy
Directed byRoy William Neill
Written by
Based onTzigane
1935 novel
by Eleanor Smith
Produced byIrving Asher
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byBert Bates
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • January 1937 (1937-01)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Gypsy is a 1937 British drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Roland Young, Chili Bouchier and Hugh Williams. It based on the 1935 novel Tzigane by Lady Eleanor Smith.

Plot summary

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Romani dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.

Cast

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Production

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The film was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.[1] Like many Teddington productions of the era, it is now considered to be a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ Wood p.90

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.
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