Lassie from Lancashire
| Lassie from Lancashire | |
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| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Written by | Ernest Dudley Doreen Montgomery |
| Produced by | John Corfield |
| Starring | Marjorie Browne Hal Thompson Marjorie Sandford |
| Cinematography | Bryan Langley |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £13,920[1] |
Lassie from Lancashire is a 1938 British romantic musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Marjorie Browne, Hal Thompson and Marjorie Sandford. It was made by British National Films at Welwyn Studios.[2] The film's art direction was by Duncan Sutherland.
Plot
[edit]Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty overworks them, but Jenny is lucky enough to find love in the form of aspiring songwriter Tom (Hal Thompson). But their romance is threatened and nearly destroyed by Margie (Marjorie Sandford), the jealous star actress of the local pierrot troupe. However, the young lovers move on to bigger and better things after winning a London West End theatre contract.
Cast
[edit]- Marjorie Browne as Jenny
- Hal Thompson as Tom
- Marjorie Sandford as Margie
- Mark Daly as Dad
- Vera Lennox as Daisy
- Elsie Wagstaff as Aunt Hetty
- Billy Caryll as himself
- Hilda Mundy as herself
- Johnnie Schofield as Cyril
- Leslie Phillips as Bit Part
- Anita Sharp-Bolster as Woman in Audience
Critical reception
[edit]TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "An amusing little romantic comedy."[3] The Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as "charming little love story [which] is merely the excuse for a number of catchy songs and jokes which are not only funny but clean."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 480.
- ^ Wood p.98
- ^ "Lassie From Lancashire | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Lassie from Lancashire". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 5, no. 56. BFI. August 1938. p. 197.
Bibliography
[edit]- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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