Under the Greenwood Tree (1929 film)

Under the Greenwood Tree is a 1929 British sound part-talkie historical drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Marguerite Allan, Nigel Barrie and Wilfred Shine. It is an adaptation of the 1872 novel Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy.

Under the Greenwood Tree
Directed byHarry Lachman
Written byMonckton Hoffe
Harry Lachman
Frank Launder
Rex Taylor
Based onUnder the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
StarringMarguerite Allan
Nigel Barrie
Wilfred Shine
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Edited byEmile de Ruelle
Music byHubert Bath
John Reynders
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Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 5 September 1929 (1929-09-05)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English

Production and release

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The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold. It was made at Elstree Studios by the leading British company of the era British International Pictures.[1] It was originally intended to be a silent film, but following the arrival of sound, songs and dialogue were added using the RCA system. It was released in September 1929, around the same time as The American Prisoner, both films following on from the company's first sound release, Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail, in June.[2]

A review in Close Up suggested it "has perhaps the best direction yet produced from a British studio".[3]

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wood p.67
  2. ^ Low p.205
  3. ^ Low p.193

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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