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THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET – Miklós Rózsa
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
Paramount Pictures decided that the stage play The Man in Half Moon Street by Barré Lyndon, which opened at London’s New Theatre on March 22, 1939, and ran for 172 performances, would translate well to the big screen. Film rights were purchased, Walter MacEwen was placed in charge of production, and Ralph Murphy was tasked with directing, with Garret Ford and Charles Kenyon writing the screenplay. For the cast, Nils Asther would star as Dr. Julian Karell, joined by Helen Walker as Eve Brandon, Reinhold Schünzel as Dr. Kurt van Bruecken, Paul Cavanaugh as Dr. Henry Latimer, Edmund Breon as Sir Humphrey Brandon, and Matthew Boulton as Detective Inspector Ned Garth. Read more…
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