• Source: At the Villa Rose (1930 film)

      • At the Villa Rose is a 1930 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Norah Baring, Richard Cooper and Northern Irish Actor Austin Trevor. It marked Trevor's screen debut. It was released in the United States under the alternative title of Mystery at the Villa Rose.


      Production


      The film is based on the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason and features his fictional detective Inspector Hanaud. It was made at Twickenham Film Studios in St Margarets, Middlesex. A French-language version The Mystery of the Villa Rose was made simultaneously at Twickenham and the production was announced as being the first bilingual film made in Britain.


      Cast


      Norah Baring as Celia Harland
      Richard Cooper as Mr. Ricardo
      Austin Trevor as Inspector Hanaud
      Barbara Gott as Madame D'Auvray
      Francis Lister as Weathermill
      Amy Brandon Thomas as Mrs Starling
      Violet Farebrother as Helen
      John F. Hamilton as Mr Starling


      Critical reception


      The New York Times wrote, ""Mystery at the Villa Rose," a British audible film of A. E. W. Mason's novel, "At the Villa Rose," which is now at the Cameo, is baffling in more ways than one, for the vocal reproduction often is so "tubby" that it is not always possible to understand what the players are saying. The original story possessed possibilities for quite a good picture, but this screen effort has been handled so amateurishly that one really does not care who poisoned Madame D'Auvray."


      References




      Bibliography


      Richards, Jeffrey (ed.) The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929-1939. I.B. Tauris, 1998.


      External links


      At the Villa Rose at IMDb

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