Richard Addinsell became very famous for his 'Warsaw Concerto' theme, a key element in the wartime film Dangerous Moonlight (1941). While he was working on that he was also working on the themes for the film of Love on the Dole. While a few notices did praise the music for Love on the Dole, it… Continue reading New Article: the Film Music for Love on the Dole by Richard Addinsell, probably orchestrated by Roy Douglas (1941)
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New Article: William Alwyn’s ‘The Cure for Love Waltz’ in Robert Donat & Walter Greenwood’s film The Cure for Love (1949/50)
I have been looking for about a decade for the sheet-music for William Alwyn's waltz which he composed for Donat and Greenwood's postwar film about Jack Hardacre, a sergeant in the Eighth Army who returns home to Lancaster for his first home leave in three years. Hardacre knows very well that he has left some… Continue reading New Article: William Alwyn’s ‘The Cure for Love Waltz’ in Robert Donat & Walter Greenwood’s film The Cure for Love (1949/50)
Walter Greenwood: Not Just Love on the Dole 