My Daughter Joy
Appearance
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Directed by | Gregory Ratoff |
Written by | Robert Thoeren William Rose |
Produced by | Gregory Ratoff |
Starring | Edward G. Robinson Peggy Cummins Richard Greene |
Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
Edited by | Raymond Poulton |
Music by | Raymond Gallois-Montbrun |
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Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) Columbia Pictures (US) |
Release date | 21 August 1950 |
Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £106,399 (UK)[1] |
My Daughter Joy is a 1950 British drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Edward G. Robinson, Peggy Cummins and Richard Greene.[2] The screenplay concerns a millionaire who spoils his only daughter, but has a strained relationship with his wife.
The film is a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel David Golder by Irène Némirovsky, which had previously been made into in a 1931 French film of the same title. It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures.
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as George Constantin
- Peggy Cummins as Georgette Constantin
- Richard Greene as Larry
- Nora Swinburne as Ava Constantin
- Walter Rilla as Andreas
- Finlay Currie as Sir Thomas McTavish
- James Robertson Justice as Professor Keval
- Ronald Adam as Colonel Fogarty
- David Hutcheson as Annix
- Gregory Ratoff as Marcos
- Peter Illing as Sultan
- Harry Lane as Barboza
- Don Nehan as Polato
- Roberto Villa as Prince Alzar
- Ronald Ward as Doctor Schindler
See also
- David Golder (1931)
References
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p492
- ^ BFI Film Database
External links
Categories:
- 1950 films
- British films
- 1950s drama films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Gregory Ratoff
- British drama films
- British remakes of French films
- Films about businesspeople
- Films based on novels
- Films set in Italy
- Films set in London
- Films shot at Shepperton Studios
- Films shot in Italy
- British Lion Films films
- 1950s British film stubs