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Gypsy (1937 film)

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Gypsy
Gypsy film advertisement (1937).jpg
Trade advertisement in The Daily Film Renter (11 March 1937) [1]
Directed by Roy William Neill
Written by
Based on Tzigane
1935 novel
by Eleanor Smith
Produced by Irving Asher
Starring
Cinematography Basil Emmott
Edited by Bert Bates
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • January 1937 (1937-01)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Gypsy (also known as Tzigane [2] ) is a 1937 British drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Roland Young, Chili Bouchier and Hugh Williams. [2] It was written by Terence Rattigan and Brock Williams based on the 1935 novel Tzigane by Lady Eleanor Smith.

Contents

Preservation status

The film is considered lost. [3] The British Film Institute's archive holds only a small fragment of the film. [2]

Plot summary

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

Production

The film was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. [4]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Roland Young as Alan is the backbone of the piece, every look, tone and gesture adding to the portrayal. Chili Bouchier is a fiery Hassina and Hugh Williams a most correctly English Brazil, extremely unlike a lion tamer. The story is never made to seem quite credible and the film, in consequence, is not very interesting." [5]

Kine Weekly wrote: "Bizarre romantic comedy, lightly based on Eleanor Smith's novel Tzigane. Bereft ot the author's descriptive work, the story does not amount to much, nor is Chili Bouchier an outstanding success in the feminine lead, but Roland Young fortunately runs true to form, and thanks chiefly to him the sketchy happenings succeed in conjuring up a fair quota ol laughs. Boisterous rather than subtle, the entertainment is devised principally for the unsophisticated. Fair average popular booking." [6]

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "More serious moments do not entirely convince, but comedy provides strong suit, considerable fun deriving from unconventional antics of wild heroine in conservative English household. Polished portrayals by Roland Young and Frederick Burtwell, and attractive settings, are added features. Agreeable popular offering." [7]

Picturegoer wrote: "The main source of entertainment In this rather bizarre comedy comes from Roland Young, who is in good form. ... There is not much in the story and the characterisation generally is none too convincing. What comedy there is results from the old device of introducing an untutored young lady into social circles. Chili Bouchier does not seem at ease in a part where she has to simulate a foreigner and her dancing is unremarkable. As Brazil, Hugh Williams is miscast, but Frederick Burtwell scores some laughs as a butler embarrassed by the advent of the fiery gypsy." [8]

Picture Show wrote: "Chili Bouchier is very charming as the tempestuous Hassina, and plays the part in a way that suggests she would be at home in the real thing. ... Roland Young acts well, especially in comedy scenes with his butler (played by Fred Burtwell), but the role has not enough scope for an actor of Mr. Young's ability." [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Gypsy". The Daily Film Renter (3109): 8–9. 11 March 1937. ProQuest   2594589334.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gypsy". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Missing Believed Lost". britishpictures.com. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Gypsy". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 3 (25): 212. 1 January 1936. ProQuest   1305798595.
  6. ↑ "Gypsy". Kine Weekly . 239 (1551): 28. 7 January 1937. ProQuest   2339738737.
  7. ↑ "Gypsy". The Daily Film Renter (3): 4. 31 December 1936. ProQuest   2826332380.
  8. ↑ "Gypsy". Picturegoer . 7: 32. 7 June 1937.
  9. ↑ "Gypsy". Picture Show . 36 (929): 9. 13 February 1937. ProQuest   1880295097.
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