Tesha
Appearance
Tesha | |
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Directed by | Victor Saville Edwin Greenwood |
Written by | Countess Barcynska Walter C. Mycroft Victor Saville |
Produced by | Victor Saville |
Starring | María Corda Jameson Thomas Paul Cavanagh Mickey Brantford |
Cinematography | Werner Brandes |
Music by | Harry Gordon |
Production companies | British International Pictures Burlington Films |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date | 24 August 1928 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent Version Sound Version (Synchronized) English intertitles |
Tesha is a 1928 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and Edwin Greenwood and starring María Corda, Jameson Thomas and Paul Cavanagh.[1] The film was originally shot as a silent film but in 1929 sound was added. While the sound version no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The sound version of the film was released under the title "A Woman In The Night" in the United States.
Plot
A man's wife has an affair with his best friend and becomes pregnant.[2]
Cast
- María Corda as Tesha
- Jameson Thomas as Robert Dobree
- Paul Cavanagh as Lenane
- Mickey Brantford as Simpson
- Clifford Heatherley as Doctor
- J.J. Espinosa as Dancemaster
- Boris Ranevsky as Tesha's Father
- Daisy Campbell as Mrs Dobree
References
Bibliography
- Slide, Anthony. Fifty classic British films, 1932-1982: a pictorial record. Constable and Company, 1985.
External links
Categories:
- 1928 films
- 1928 drama films
- 1920s pregnancy films
- Films directed by Victor Saville
- Films directed by Edwin Greenwood
- Transitional sound drama films
- British drama films
- British silent feature films
- Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
- Films set in England
- British black-and-white films
- Films produced by Victor Saville
- Films with screenplays by Victor Saville
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s British films
- Silent drama films
- Films about adultery
- 1920s British film stubs