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Land Without Music is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Walter Forde released in USA on 26 december 1938 with Jimmy Durante
Land Without Music (1936)
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Add to a movie listLand Without Music is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Richard Tauber, Diana Napier and Jimmy Durante. It was made at Denham Studios. The film was one of a number of operetta films made in Britain during the decade.
The film is also known by the alternative title Forbidden Music in the United States.
Synopsis
After discovering that her state is penniless because its citizens spend their time making music instead of money, a European Grand Duchess bans music in her domains. A New York journalist conspires with rogues to stage a concert.Actors
Jimmy Durante
(Jonah J. Whistler)
Richard Tauber
(Mario Carlini)
June Clyde
(Sadie Whistler)
Derrick De Marney
(Rudolpho Strozzi)
Esmé Percy
(Austrian Ambassador)
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