First Night (film)

First Night
Directed by Donovan Pedelty
Produced by Victor M. Greene
Written by Donovan Pedelty
Sheila Donisthorpe (play)
Starring Jack Livesey
Rani Waller
Sunday Wilshin
Production
company
Crusade Films
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures
Release date
July 1937
Running time
69 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

First Night is a 1937 British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jack Livesey, Rani Waller and Sunday Wilshin. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie.[1]

Cast

  • Jack Livesey as Richard Garnet
  • Rani Waller as Judith Armstrong
  • Sunday Wilshin as Rosalind Faber
  • Ernest Mainwaring as Henry Armstrong
  • Margaret Damer as Elaine Armstrong
  • Ann Wilton as Ivy
  • Felix Erwin as Patterson Luke
  • Bill Shine (actor)

References

  1. Chibnall p.294

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


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