3/10
Low Ebb for Alfred
8 May 2011
Young composer Esmond Knight (as Johann "Schani" Strauss) goes to work in a bakery. He meets and falls in love with singer Jessie Matthews (as Rasi). Their relationship must survive interfering father Edmund Gwenn (as Johann Strauss) and tempting older woman Fay Compton (as Helga von Stahl). Watching the bakers toss rolls, as well as mix batter, inspires Mr. Knight to write "Strauss' Great Waltz" (the US title of this film). A full orchestral version of "The Blue Danube" is eventually heard. The British cast and director Alfred Hitchcock have reputations greater than this dull affair.

*** Waltzes from Vienna (3/34) Alfred Hitchcock ~ Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, Fay Compton
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