The Beggar Student is a 1931 British operetta film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Harvel and starring Shirley Dale, Lance Fairfax and Jerry Verno. It was written by John Stafford|, Hans H. Zerlett, Camillo Walze and Richard Genée based on the 1882 operetta The Beggar Student by Carl Millöcker.
Der Bettelstudent, a separate German film based on the same operetta, was made the same year.
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Cast
Shirley Dale as Tania
Lance Fairfax as Carl Romaine
Jerry Verno as Jan Janski
Frederick Lloyd as Colonel Ollendorff
Mark Daly as Sergeant
Jill Hands as Broni
Margaret Halstan as Countess Novalska
Edward Ashley as Nicki
Production
The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios as a quota quickie. The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold.
Reception
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Another comedy musical of first-class calibre. Imaginatively produced, lavishly set, and acted admirably by personality players. Effervesces with tuneful melody. Most decidedly a 'popularity' attraction of consistent and all-round merit for any and every type of hall."
Kine Weekly wrote: "It moves easily, and romance and humour are effectively blended, but the producer has not quite succeeded in capturing the joyous Viennese atmosphere. The occasional flat spots, however, should not detract from the picture's appeal, and it should get over with the majority of audiences."