Tread Softly (1952 film)

Tread Softly
Directed by	David MacDonald
Produced by	Vivian Cox ; Donald Ginsberg
Written by	Gerald Verner; Donald Ginsberg ; Vivian Cox
Based on	BBC radio serial; & novel; The Show Must Go On by Gerald Verner[1][2]
Starring	Frances Day ; Patricia Dainton ; John Bentley
Music by	Ivor Slaney
Cinematography	Reginald H. Wyer
Edited by	Jean Barker
Production; company	Albany Films
Distributed by	Apex Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	December 1952 (UK);
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Tread Softly is a 1952 British crime film with music, directed by David MacDonald and starring Frances Day, Patricia Dainton and John Bentley.^[3]^[4] A chorus girl investigates a series of mysterious happenings at a derelict theatre.

It was made at Marylebone Studios and at the Granville Theatre in Fulham. While made as a second feature it also had aspirations to top the bill in some cinemas.^[5]

Cast

Frances Day as Madeleine Peters
Patricia Dainton as Tangye Ward
John Bentley as Keith Gilbert
John Laurie as Angus McDonald
Olaf Olsen as Philip Defoe
Nora Nicholson as Isobel Mayne
Harry Locke as Nutty Potts
Betty Baskcomb as Olivia Winter
Robert Urquhart as Clifford Brett
Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Inspector Hinton
Michael Ward as Alexander Mayne
Nelly Arno
Hamilton Keene
Betty Hare
Colin Croft as Dancer
Kenneth MacMillan as Dancer
Keith Sawbridge as Pianist
Anthony Verner

References

↑ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). "British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film". Routledge – via Google Books.
↑ Verner, Gerald (1 January 1950). "The Show Must Go on: The Novel of the B.B.C. Serial Play". Wright & Brown – via Google Books.
↑ "Tread Softly (1952)".
↑ Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (23 October 2009). "The British 'B' Film". Palgrave Macmillan – via Google Books.
↑ Chibnall & McFarlane p.127

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

Tread Softly on IMDb

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[1] Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). "British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film". Routledge – via Google Books.

[2] Verner, Gerald (1 January 1950). "The Show Must Go on: The Novel of the B.B.C. Serial Play". Wright & Brown – via Google Books.

[3] "Tread Softly (1952)".

[4] Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (23 October 2009). "The British 'B' Film". Palgrave Macmillan – via Google Books.

[5] Chibnall & McFarlane p.127