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Appearance
| Runaway Ladies | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jean de Limur |
| Written by | Georges Lampin |
| Based on | Le voyage imprévu by Tristan Bernard |
| Produced by | Simon Barstoff M. Haworth Booth Adolf Forter |
| Starring | Betty Stockfeld Claude Dauphin Hugh Wakefield |
| Music by | Paul Segnitz Jean Wiener |
Production company | International Players |
| Distributed by | Exclusive Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Runaway Ladies is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Betty Stockfeld, Claude Dauphin and Hugh Wakefield.[1] It was shot at the Elstree Studios outside London in 1935.[2] It was the English-language version of the French film The Slipper Episode. It was released in Britain three years later as a second feature.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Betty Stockfeld as Betty
- Roger Tréville as Georges
- Claude Dauphin as André Chabrolles
- Edna Searle as Lady Ramsden
- Hugh Wakefield as Lord Ramsden
- Raymond Cordy as Fisherman
- Jean Dax as Hotel manager
- Émile Genevois as Hotel groom
- Robert Rietty as Boy
References
[edit]- ↑ https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150269295
- ↑ Wood p.87
- ↑ Chibnall p.286
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1938 films
- 1938 comedy films
- Films set in France
- Quota quickies
- Films directed by Jean de Limur
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- British comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- 1938 English-language films
- 1938 British films
- British films based on plays
- Films based on works by Tristan Bernard
- English-language comedy films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs