I Live Again

I Live Again
I Live Again
	Trade advertisement
Directed by	Arthur Maude
Written by	John Quin
Produced by	G.B. Morgan
Starring	Noah Beery; Bessie Love;
Cinematography	Horace Wheddon
Production; company	G.B. Morgan Productions
Distributed by	National Provincial Film Distributors
Release date	November 1936;
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

I Live Again (alternate title: Live Again) is a 1936 British musical film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Noah Beery, Bessie Love, and John Garrick. It was written by John Quin, and made at Rock Studios, Elstree.

Preservation status

The British Film Institute National Archive holds a collection of stills but no film or video materials.

Plot

An aging opera star takes on a young protege.

Cast

Noah Beery as Morton Meredith
Bessie Love as Kathleen Vernon
John Garrick as John Wayne
Vi Kaley as Jane Bloggs
Stan Paskin as Joshua Bloggs
Cecil Gray as Vivian Turnbull
Pamela Randall as Grace Felton
Lynwood Roberts as Major Cannon
Frank Stanmore as Magistrate

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "Bewhiskered musical melodrama, entertainment far too old-fashioned in story and acting technique, sentiment and dialogue to appeal to other than very unsophisticated audiences. ... All the emotions are paraded in this picture, but the method of their introduction is so crude and antiquated that the film drifts from the obvious to something dangerously approaching bathos."

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Presented on old-fashioned lines, this production has a highly theatrical story, together with acting of a transpontine quality. ... the plot is outmoded stuff, while the stilted acting of most of the cast does little to make it acceptable. Dialogue is often unintentionally funny, and the situations distinctly creaky."

References

1 2 "Co-Star Beery, Love". The Film Daily. 8 July 1936. p. 9.
↑ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 154. OCLC 734075937.
↑ Low, Rachael (1985). Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin. p. 347.
↑ Breen, Max (1 August 1936). "Love Comes in at the Door". Picturegoer Weekly. p. 14.
1 2 "I Live Again". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute. p. 91.
↑ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set. Routledge. p. 448. ISBN 978-1-317-74063-6.
↑ "I Live Again". Kine Weekly (1542): 23. 5 November 1936. ProQuest 2338287921.
↑ "I Live Again". The Daily Film Renter (3001): 4. 4 November 1936. ProQuest 2594660318.

External links

I Live Again at IMDb
Live Again at the British Film Institute

[filmdailyvolume66970newy-1] 1 2 "Co-Star Beery, Love". The Film Daily. 8 July 1936. p. 9.

[2] Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 154. OCLC 734075937.

[3] Low, Rachael (1985). Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin. p. 347.

[4] Breen, Max (1 August 1936). "Love Comes in at the Door". Picturegoer Weekly. p. 14.

[BFIsearch-5] 1 2 "I Live Again". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 October 2026.

[6] Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute. p. 91.

[7] Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set. Routledge. p. 448. ISBN 978-1-317-74063-6.

[8] "I Live Again". Kine Weekly (1542): 23. 5 November 1936. ProQuest 2338287921.

[9] "I Live Again". The Daily Film Renter (3001): 4. 4 November 1936. ProQuest 2594660318.