Potiphar's Wife (film)
{{short description|1931 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Potiphar's Wife
| image = Potiphar's Wife (1931 film).jpg
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| director = Maurice Elvey
| producer = John Maxwell
| writer = {{ubl|Maurice Elvey|Victor Kendall|Edgar Middleton (play)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Nora Swinburne|Laurence Olivier|Guy Newall}}
| music =
| cinematography = James Wilson
| editing = Leslie Norman
| studio = British International Pictures
| distributor = First National-Pathé Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1931|04|02|df=yes}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Potiphar's Wife is a 1931 British romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Nora Swinburne, Laurence Olivier and Guy Newall.[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46876 Potiphar's Wife film details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014145852/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46876 |date=14 October 2013 }}, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 20 January 2016. It is also known as Her Strange Desire. It was based on a play by Edgar C. Middleton.
It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.69 The film's sets were designed by Clarence Elder.
Cast
- Nora Swinburne as Lady Diana Bromford
- Laurence Olivier as Straker
- Norman McKinnel as Lord Bromford
- Guy Newall as Maurice Worthington
- Donald Calthrop as Counsel for Defense
- Ronald Frankau as Major Tony Barlow
- Betty Schuster as Rosita Worthington
- Marjorie Brooks as Sylvia Barlow
- Walter Armitage as Geoffrey Hayes
- Henry Wenman as Stevens
- Gibb McLaughlin as Chauffeur
- Elsa Lanchester as Therese
- Henry Vibart as Judge
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0022277}}
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Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British romance films
Category:English-language romance films
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