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The Silver Darlings

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The Silver Darlings
Directed byClarence Elder
Written byClarence Elder
Based onthe novel by Neil M Gunn
StarringClifford Evans
Helen Shingler
CinematographyFrancis Carver
Edited byMax Brenner[2]
Music byClifton Parker
Production
company
Release date
  • 3 September 1947 (1947-09-03)
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Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£94,731[3]
Box office£104,804 (UK)[4]

The Silver Darlings is a 1947 British film about Scottish fishermen, based on a 1941 novel by Neil M. Gunn.[5]

The film is set in the early 19th century, after the Highland Clearances. Catrine and her family, like many other dispossessed Scots, turn their hands to fishing for herring, the "silver darlings" of the title. Catrine's husband is pressganged into the Royal Navy and dies at sea. Catrine is left widowed with a young son to raise.

After some time Roddy proposes to Catrine, but her son Finn, now older, is upset about the engagement. The fishermen are still trying to avoid conscription into the Royal Navy.[6]

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Reception

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As of 1 April 1950 the film had earned distributor's gross receipts of £33,783 in the UK, of which £21,836 went to the producer.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "The Silver Darlings". BBFC. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ^ "The Silver Darlings (full cast and crew)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355.
  4. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p485
  5. ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The complete index to literary sources in film. London: Bowker-Saur. p. 954. ISBN 9781857392296.
  6. ^ Eyles, Allen. "The Silver Darlings". Rado Times. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  7. ^ "The Silver Darlings (1947)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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