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Pagliacci is a 1936 British musical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Richard Tauber, Steffi Duna and Diana Napier. It is an adaptation in English of the 1892 opera Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
Production
The film is shot partially in colour (using the UFAcolor process) and partially in black-and-white. The film's art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. The film was made by the independent Trafalgar Films at Elstree Studios. The film was a very expensive production, with Tauber himself receiving £60,000 for appearing, which turned into a costly flop on its release.
Caught up in the technical procedures of the colour sequences, Grune asked Wendy Toye to direct the actors for him.
Cast
Richard Tauber as Canio Salvatini
Steffi Duna as Nedda Salvatini
Diana Napier as Trina
Arthur Margetson as Tonio
Esmond Knight as Cadet Silvio
Jerry Verno as Beppe, comic trouper
Gordon James as Leone
Harry Milton as Cadet
Ivan Wilmot as Silvio's Coach Driver
John Traynor as Coach-Home Builder
See also
List of early color feature films
References
Bibliography
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
Pagliacci at IMDb