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Collection Area Music Collections Project / Collection Music Manuscripts Container Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 26-37

1. MS Mus. 26

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 26
Title:
Francis Chagrin: Music for feature films; [1935]-1940
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-4. Sketches, probably for music to accompany silent films; n.d. [circa 1935]. In ink. 2. ff. 5-8. ‘David et Goliath’ (deleted title: ‘Roi des Fosses’) (a Gold Star production); [1935]. Short score, in ink. 3. ff. 9-15. ‘La Grande Crosière’ (deleted title: ‘Doublemètre le Migrant’) (a ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-1940
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

2. MS Mus. 27

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 27
Title:
Francis Chagrin: Arrangements from ‘The Bridge’ and ‘Easy Money’
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-71. ‘The Bridge’ (original title: ‘The Last Bridge’) (a Data Films production); [1946]. Pages from the film score were annotated and reorganised circa 1950 as ‘Yougoslav Sketches’ and ‘2nd Yougoslav Suite’. i. ff. 1-22. ‘Yougoslav sketches’. ii. ff. 23-44. ‘Yougoslav Sketches’. Copy, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-1947
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

3. MS Mus. 28

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 28
Title:
Francis Chagrin: ‘Helter Skelter’
Scope & Content:
A Gainsborough Studios production, produced by Sydney Box and directed by Ralph Thomas). The film score incorporates six arrangements of popular songs for dance band, made by Eric Rogers. For a programme note by the composer, see MS Mus. 65, f. 183 and MS Mus. 72, f. 82v, and for newspaper cutti...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
1 volume (187 folios)

4. MS Mus. 29

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 29
Title:
Francis Chagrin: ‘Last Holiday’ and ‘Mr Lord says "No"’
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-96. ‘Last Holiday’ (an Associated British Picture Corporation production, script by J. B. Priestley, produced by Stephen Mitchell and A. D. Peters and directed by Henry Cass); 1950. ‘The Beggar Theme from the film Last Holiday’ published for voice and piano and in an arrangement for pia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950-1951
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

5. MS Mus. 30

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 30
Title:
Francis Chagrin: ‘Castle in the Air’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-46. ‘Castle in the Air’ (an Associated British Picture Corporation production, produced by Edward Dryhurst and directed by Henry Cass); [1952]. For newspaper cuttings, see MS Mus. 73, f. 78. i. ff. 1-45. Full score. ii. f. 46. ‘Ermatrude’ from the score, arranged for piano, in ink. 2...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1952-1953
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

6. MS Mus. 31

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 31
Title:
Francis Chagrin: ‘The Intruder’ and ‘The Beachcomber’
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-61. ‘The Intruder’ (a British Lion production, based on the novel ‘Line on Ginger’ by Robin Maugham, produced by Ivan Foxwell and directed by Guy Hamilton); 1953. For programme, see MS Mus. 72, ff. 130-43 and for newspaper cuttings, see MS Mus. 73, ff. 91-2. i. ff. 1-4. Correspondence...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953-1954
Extent:
1 volume (154 folios)

7. MS Mus. 32

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 32
Title:
Francis Chagrin: ‘The Colditz Story’ and ‘Simba’
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-100. ‘The Colditz Story’ (a British Lion production, after the book by P. R. Reid, produced by Ivan Foxwell and directed by Guy Hamilton); 1954 [released 1955]. For a programme note by the composer, see MS Mus. 65, f. 177, for programme, see MS Mus. 72, ff. 244-7, and for newspaper cutt...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1955
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

8. MS Mus. 33

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 33
Title:
Francis Chagrin: ‘Charley Moon’ and ‘The Scamp’
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-88. ‘Charley Moon’ (a British Lion production, after the novel by Reginald Arkell, produced by Colin Lesslie and Aubrey Baring and directed by Guy Hamilton); [1955, released 1956]. For an earlier version of ‘La Samba da Gamba’ (ff. 39-42), see MS Mus 28, ff. 139-58. For programme, see M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1957
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)

9. MS Mus. 34

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 34
Title:
Francis Chagrin: ‘No Time for Tears’
Scope & Content:
An Associated British Picture Corporation production, script by Anne Burnaby, produced by W. A. Whittaker and directed by Cyril Frankel; [1957]. Score. Partly copies, partly in ink. includes: ff. 71-84 'Paddy' Roberts, or Patrick; writer: 'Magic Carpet' from 'No Time For Tears', set to music b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1957]
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

10. MS Mus. 35

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 35
Title:
Francis Chagrin: Feature films; [1958]-[1960]
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-73. ‘Danger Within’ (American title, ‘Breakout’) (a British Lion production after the novel by Michael Gilbert, produced by Colin Lesslie and directed by Don Chaffey); [1958]. i. ff. 1-3. Sketches. ii. ff. 4-73. Score, partly in ink. Including ‘Jota Aragonesa’, later arranged as a sep...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1958-1960
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)