Waltz Time (1945 film)

Waltz Time is a 1945 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Carol Raye, Peter Graves and Patricia Medina.^[1]

Waltz Time
Directed by	Paul L. Stein
Written by	Henry C. James Karl Rossier Montgomery Tully Jack Whittingham
Produced by	Louis H. Jackson
Starring	Carol Raye Peter Graves Patricia Medina
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Douglas Myers
Music by	Hans May
Production company	British National Films
Distributed by	Anglo-American Film Corporation
Release date	13 August 1945 (1945-08-13)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Premise

In Imperial Vienna a young Grand Duchess is prevented from marrying the man she loves.

Partial cast

• Carol Raye as Empress Maria
• Peter Graves as Count Franz von Hofer
• Patricia Medina as Cenci Prohaska
• John Ruddock as Count Prohaska
• Harry Welchman as Count Rodzanka
• Thorley Walters as Stefan Ravenne
• George Robey as Vogel
• Wylie Watson as Josef
• Richard Tauber as Shepherd
• Toni Edgar-Bruce as Augustine
• Hay Petrie as Minister of War
• Hugh Dempster as Ferdinand Hohenlohe
• Brefni O'Rorke as Emperor
• Ivan Samson as Gendarmes Captain
• Kay Kendall as Lady in Waiting

Reception

According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed well at the British box office in 1945.^[2] The 'biggest winner' at the box office in 1945 Britain was The Seventh Veil, with "runners up" being (in release order), Madonna of the Seven Moons, Old Acquaintance, Frenchman's Creek, Mrs. Parkington, Arsenic and Old Lace, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Song to Remember, Since You Went Away, Here Come the Waves, Tonight and Every Night, Hollywood Canteen, They Were Sisters, The Princess and the Pirate, The Adventures of Susan, National Velvet, Mr. Skeffington, I Live in Grosvenor Square, Nob Hill, Perfect Strangers, The Valley of Decision, Conflict and Duffy's Tavern. British "runners up" were They Were Sisters, I Live in Grosvenor Square, Perfect Strangers, Madonna of the Seven Moons, Waterloo Road, Blithe Spirit, The Way to the Stars, I'll Be Your Sweetheart, Dead of Night, Waltz Time and Henry V.^[3]According to Kinemaotgraph Weekly the film was a "runner up" at the British box office in 1945.^[4]