A Romance in Flanders

A Romance in Flanders
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Mario Fort (novel) Ralph Vanio (novel) Harold Simpson
Produced by	Friedrich Deutschmeister
Starring	Paul Cavanagh Marcelle Chantal Garry Marsh
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe William Luff
Production company	Franco-London Films
Distributed by	British Lion Films
Release date	1937 (1937)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

A Romance in Flanders is a 1937 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Paul Cavanagh, Marcelle Chantal, Olga Lindo and Alastair Sim. It is set during the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders. It was also released under the alternative title of Lost on the Western Front.

It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith by the independent Franco-London Films. Halliwell's Film Guide describes it as "rose-coloured romantic hokum".

Cast

• Paul Cavanagh as John Morley
• Marcelle Chantal as Yvonne Berry
• Garry Marsh as Rodd Berry
• Olga Lindo as Madame Vlandermaere
• Alastair Sim as Colonel Wexton
• Evelyn Roberts as Captain Stanford
• Kynaston Reeves as Major Burke
• Arthur Hambling as Colonel Kennedy
• C. Denier Warren as Bill Johnson
• Frank Atkinson as Joe Stuggins
• Bobbie Comber as Chauffeur
• Andreas Malandrinos as Mayor
• Denise Sydney as Muriel
• Kathleen Weston as Bessie
• Muriel Pavlow

Bibliography

• Halliwell, Leslie. Halliwell's Film Guide. Scribner, 1989.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• A Romance in Flanders at IMDb