The Way of Youth
1934 British film
- Amy Kennedy Gould (play)
- Sherard Powell
- Ralph Neale (play)
- Irene Vanbrugh
- Aileen Marson
- Sebastian Shaw
Production
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British and Dominions
Release date
- 27 November 1934 (1934-11-27)
Running time
The Way of Youth is a 1934 British crime film directed by Norman Walker and starring Irene Vanbrugh, Aileen Marson and Sebastian Shaw. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.[1][2]
Premise
A young woman and her army officer fiancé fall into heavy debt at a gambling club run by her own estranged grandmother.
Cast
- Irene Vanbrugh as Madame Bonnard
- Aileen Marson as Carol Bonnard
- Sebastian Shaw as Lieut. Alan Marmon
- Henry Victor as M. Sylvestre
- Diana Wilson as Grace Bonnard
- Robert Rendel as Sir Peter Marmon
- Leslie Bradley as Lieut. Burton
References
- ^ Chibnall p.281
- ^ "Quota quickies" was an alliterative industry-term for British B-films: scripted, filmed, edited, and distributed on a three-week cycle. The filming schedule was very consistent: "arrive at 6am for hair and make-up, then a welcome break for tea [..., which] set you up for the day, which finished at 6pm." Rona Anderson, "Foreword", in Steve Chibnall et al., The British 'B' Film (London: Bloomsbury, 2009), ISBN 9781844575749
Bibliography
- 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
- The Way of Youth at IMDb
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The films of Norman Walker
- Tommy Atkins (1928)
- Widecombe Fair (1928)
- A Romance of Seville (1929)
- The Hate Ship (1929)
- Loose Ends (1930)
- The Middle Watch (1930)
- Uneasy Virtue (1931)
- The Shadow Between (1931)
- Mr. Bill the Conqueror (1932)
- Fires of Fate (1932)
- The Fortunate Fool (1933)
- Forging Ahead (1933)
- The Flaw (1933)
- The House of Trent (1933)
- The Way of Youth (1934)
- Lilies of the Field (1934)
- Dangerous Ground (1934)
- Turn of the Tide (1935)
- Key to Harmony (1935)
- Debt of Honour (1936)
- Our Fighting Navy (1937)
- Sunset in Vienna (1937)
- The Man at the Gate (1941)
- Hard Steel (1942)
- The Great Mr. Handel (1942)
- They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
- John Wesley (1954)
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