The Price of Folly

1937 film

  • J. Lee Thompson (play)
  • Ruth Landa
  • Walter Summers
Produced byWalter SummersStarring
  • Leonora Corbett
  • Colin Keith-Johnston
  • Judy Kelly
CinematographyBryan LangleyEdited byLionel Tomlinson
Production
company
Welwyn Studios
Distributed byPathé Pictures
Release date
  • 26 February 1937 (1937-02-26)
Running time
51 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Price of Folly is a 1937 British drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Leonora Corbett, Colin Keith-Johnston and Judy Kelly. The screenplay concerns a man who, after a failed attempt to kill a woman, finds himself blackmailed over the incident.[1]

The film was based on the play Double Error by J. Lee Thompson. The film was produced and distributed by the large ABPC combine for whom Thompson later became an established director. It was shot at Welwyn Studios[2] with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Main cast

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.90

Bibliography

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

External links

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