Frail Women
| Frail Women | |
|---|---|
 Mary Newcomb | |
| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Written by | Michael Barringer |
| Produced by | Julius Hagen |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | W.L. Trytel |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Frail Women is a 1932 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Mary Newcomb, Owen Nares, Frank Pettingell and Herbert Lomas. In the years after World War I a Colonel marries his war-time mistress.[1]
It was made at Twickenham Studios[2] with sets designed by James A. Carter.
Cast
[edit]- Mary Newcomb as The Woman (Lilian Hamilton)
- Owen Nares as The Man (Colonel Leonard Harvey)
- Margaret Vines as The Girl (Mary Willis)
- Frederick Peisley as The Boy (Peter Farrer)
- Jane Welsh as The Sister (Eleanor Farrer)
- Herbert Lomas as The Solicitor (Burrows)
- Edmund Gwenn as The Bookmaker (Jim Willis)
- Athole Stewart as The Father (Sir Robert Farrer)
- Frank Pettingell as The Employer (McWhirter)
- Miles Malleson as The Registrar
- Heather Angel as The Girl (uncredited)
References
[edit]- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | FRAIL WOMEN (1932)". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ Wood p.71
Bibliography
[edit]- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
[edit]Frail Women at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1932 films
- 1932 drama films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- 1930s English-language films
- British drama films
- Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios
- British World War I films
- Films set in London
- British black-and-white films
- 1930s British films
- English-language drama films
- Films scored by William Trytel
- 1930s British film stubs