Murder at Monte Carlo
Murder at Monte Carlo is an English 1934 mystery crime thriller film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Errol Flynn, Eve Gray, Paul Graetz and Molly Lamont, the production was Flynns debut film in a lead role in England. The film is currently missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institutes 75 Most Wanted lost films.
The film was a quota quickie made by Warner Brothers at their Teddington Studios in Middlesex on the edge of London. Flynn had been discovered by Irving Asher, the Managing Director of the studios, who put him under a sevenyear option contract after cabling his head office in Hollywood He is the best picture bet we have ever seen. He is twentyfive, Irish, looks like a cross between Charles Farrell and George Brent, same type and build, excellent actor, champion boxer amp swimmer, guarantee hes a real find. Before this, Flynn had done some work as an extra at the Studios in the film I Adore You in 1933, and had then spent several months as an acting trainee with a repertory theatre company in Northampton, before returning to Teddington seeking a way to break into movie acting. The film was completed in November 1934 and Flynn left England for Hollywood soon afterwards.The film was never released theatrically in the US. But in February 1956, Jack Warner sold the rights to all of his preDecember 1949 films to Associated Artists Productions which merged with United Artists Television in 1958, and later was subsequently acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in early 1986 as part of a failed takeover of MGMUA by Ted Turner. ........
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