The Faithful Heart (1932 film)
Appearance
The Faithful Heart | |
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Directed by | Victor Saville |
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Based on | The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Ideal Films |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Faithful Heart is a 1932 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey.[1] It is based on the 1921 play The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe. It was made at Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London.[2] The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky.
Plot
[edit]At the turn of the century, a young waitress has a fling with a sailor on leave. He then departs for South Africa to fight in the Boer War and enjoys a distinguished career and is awarded a Victoria Cross for heroics in the First World War. Engaged to a high society heiress, his new status is changed by the sudden arrival of his long-lost daughter, the identical image of her now-deceased mother.
Cast
[edit]- Herbert Marshall as Waverly Ango
- Edna Best as Blackie
- Mignon O'Doherty as Miss Gattiscombe
- Laurence Hanray as The Major
- Anne Grey as Diana
- Athole Stewart as Sir Gilbert Oughterson
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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Categories:
- 1932 films
- Films based on works by Monckton Hoffe
- Films directed by Victor Saville
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- Islington Studios films
- Films set in London
- Films set in the 1890s
- Seafaring films
- British historical drama films
- 1930s historical drama films
- British black-and-white films
- Films with screenplays by Victor Saville
- 1932 drama films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- Films scored by Louis Levy
- English-language historical drama films
- 1930s British film stubs