Premiere is a 1938 British musical mystery film directed by Walter Summers and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly, Joan Marion, Hugh Williams. In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation.
The film was shot at Elstree Studios. It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film Premiere and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English.
Cast
John Lodge as Inspector Bonnard
Judy Kelly as Carmen Daviot
Joan Marion as Lydia Lavalle
Hugh Williams as Nissen, Rene
Edward Chapman as Lohrmann
Steven Geray as Frolich
Edmund Breon as Morel
Wallace Geoffrey as Renoir
Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Curry
Joss Ambler as Spectator
Jack Lambert as Stage manager
References
Bibliography
Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.