Badger's Green (1934 film)
Badger's Green | |
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Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
Written by | R.C. Sherriff (play) R.J. Davis Violet E. Powell |
Starring | Valerie Hobson Bruce Lester David Horne Sebastian Smith |
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Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Badger's Green is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Valerie Hobson, Bruce Lester, David Horne and Wally Patch. It was adapted from the 1930 play Badger's Green by R.C. Sheriff. A picturesque village is threatened with redevelopment by a speculative builder, leading to widespread protest. In the end the builder agrees to settle the future of the village on the result of a cricket match.[1]
It was produced by the British & Dominions Film Corporation at their Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for distribution by Paramount Pictures to allow them to comply with the terms of the annual quota. Badger's Green is currently missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[2] The story was later remade for the 1949 film Badger's Green, which does survive.
Cast[]
- Valerie Hobson - Molly Butler
- Bruce Lester - Dickie Wetherby
- David Horne - Major Forrester
- Sebastian Smith - Mr Twigg
- John Turnbull - Thomas Butler
- Wally Patch - Mr Rogers
- Elsie Irving - Mrs Wetherby
References[]
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Badger's Green - 75 Most Wanted BFI National Archives
External links[]
- 1934 films
- English-language films
- British films
- Films directed by Adrian Brunel
- British films based on plays
- 1934 comedy films
- British comedy films
- Films set in England
- Lost British films
- British black-and-white films
- British and Dominions Studios films
- 1934 lost films
- Lost comedy films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs