Beauty and the Barge (1937 film)
{{Short description|1937 British film by Henry Edwards}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Beauty and the Barge
| image = File:Beauty and the Barge (1937 film).jpg
| caption = Gordon Harker and Judy Gunn
| director = Henry Edwards
| producer = Julius Hagen
| based_on = {{Based on|Beauty and the Barge|W. W. Jacobs}}
| starring = Gordon Harker
Judy Gunn
Jack Hawkins
George Carney
| music = W.L. Trytel
| editing = Michael C. Chorlton
| cinematography = Sydney Blythe
William Luff
| studio = Twickenham Studios
| distributor = Associated British
| released = {{Film date|1937|2|9|df=y}}
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
Beauty and the Barge is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gordon Harker, Judy Gunn and Jack Hawkins.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114015708/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/25478 BFI.org] It was produced by Julius Hagen's production company Twickenham Film Studios, but made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith rather than at Twickenham.Wood p.89 It was based on the 1905 play Beauty and the Barge by W. W. Jacobs.
Cast
- Gordon Harker as Captain Barley
- Judy Gunn as Ethel Smedley
- Jack Hawkins as Lieutenant Seton Boyne
- George Carney as Tom Codd
- Margaret Rutherford as Mrs Baldwin
- Ronald Shiner as Augustus
- Michael Shepley as Hebert Manners
- Margaret Yarde as Mrs Porton
- Sebastian Smith as Major Smedley
- Margaret Scudamore as Mrs Smedley
- Ann Wemyss as Lucy Dallas
References
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Bibliography
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210520013014/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a4dad18 Beauty and the Barge] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
- {{IMDb title|0028615}}
{{Henry Edwards}}
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films based on works by W. W. Jacobs
Category:Films directed by Henry Edwards
Category:Films shot at Riverside Studios
Category:British seafaring films
Category:British films based on plays
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films scored by William Trytel
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