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Plot

Evensong is based on the teary novel by Beverly Nichols, which had previously spawned a lachrymose (and enormously successful) stage play (Kismet) by Nichols and Edward Knoblock. The stunning Evelyn Laye stars as Irela, an Irish prima donna who rises to success sans a lover to share it with. Her domineering manager Kober (Fritz Kortner) has spent his entire career forbidding Irela to seek out romance, and as a result she loses the one true love of her life, handsome Archduke Theodore (Carl Esmond). The drama reaches an emotional high tide when the elderly, washed-up Irela sits alone in her dingy dressing room, with only the scratchy recordings of her old songs to keep her company. Evelyn Laye made only a handful of film appearances, of which Evensong was arguably her finest.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Family,Musicals,Romance
Run Time:
83min.
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox, Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Director(s):
Victor Saville
Starring:
Evelyn Laye , Fritz Kortner , Emlyn Williams , Charles Esmond
Keywords:
Ireland,aging,career,death,forbidden,love,manager,opera,opera-singer,record [world record],return,room,sister,songwriter,voice [speaking]