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The Broken Melody is a 1938 Australian drama film directed by Ken G. Hall and starring Lloyd Hughes, based on a best-selling novel by F. J. Thwaites . Premiere of The Broken Melody. Synopsis. John Ainsworth helps win a rowing race for Sydney University against Melbourne University.
The Broken Melody is a 1930 Australian novel by F. J. Thwaites. It was Thwaites' debut novel and became a best seller, launching his career. It was turned into a 1938 Australian film and led to a sequel The Melody Lingers.
The Broken Melody is a 1934 British musical drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Garrick, Margot Grahame, Merle Oberon and Austin Trevor. The film was made at Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by the studio's resident art director James A. Carter.
Apr 28, 2019 · 'The Broken Melody' was enormously popular in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras and beyo... Here we have another example of a composer playing his own work.
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Based on the book of the same name by Fred J. Thwaites, Lloyd Hughes stars in this romantic drama as a loner, a dejected outcast who wins a regatta and suddenly discovers he has a musical talent. In a sudden burst of self-confidence he sits down and composes a major operatic work which brings him fame and fortune.
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The Broken Melody was decidedly highbrow material, mixed with a sense of Depression-era politics – a very odd mixture for both Cinesound and Australian cinema in general in the 1930s. The Broken Melody synopsis. John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) ruins his good prospects after a drunken brawl in a Sydney nightclub.
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. Paul Verlaine, a struggling composer (John Garrick) is supported by Germaine (Merle Oberon) who is secretly in love with him.
