The Beggar Student is a 1931 British operetta film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Harvel and starring Shirley Dale, Lance Fairfax and Jerry Verno. It was written by John Stafford|, Hans H. Zerlett, Camillo Walze and Richard Genée based on the 1882 operetta The Beggar Student by Carl Millöcker.
Der Bettelstudent, a separate German film based on the same operetta, was made the same year.
Plot
Cast Shirley Dale as Tania Lance Fairfax as Carl Romaine Jerry Verno as Jan Janski Frederick Lloyd as Colonel Ollendorff Mark Daly as Sergeant Jill Hands as Broni Margaret Halstan as Countess Novalska Edward Ashley as Nicki
Production The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. p. 263. The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold.
Reception
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Another comedy musical of first-class calibre. Imaginatively produced, lavishly set, and acted admirably by personality players. Effervesces with tuneful melody. Most decidedly a 'popularity' attraction of consistent and all-round merit for any and every type of hall."
Kine Weekly wrote: "It moves easily, and romance and humour are effectively blended, but the producer has not quite succeeded in capturing the joyous Viennese atmosphere. The occasional flat spots, however, should not detract from the picture's appeal, and it should get over with the majority of audiences."
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