The Calendar (1931 film)

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The Calendar
The Calendar.jpg
Directed byT. Hayes Hunter
Written byAngus MacPhail
Robert Stevenson
Based onThe Calendar
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringHerbert Marshall
Edna Best
Anne Grey
CinematographyAlex Bryce
Bernard Knowles
Edited byBryan Edgar Wallace
Music byHarold V. King
Production
company
Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
31 October 1931
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Calendar is a 1931 British drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey. Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations. He decides to get his own back with the help of Hillcott, an ex-burglar. Jill is the love interest.[1] It was released as Bachelor's Folly in the United States.

The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios.[2] It was based on The Calendar, a 1929 play and subsequent novel by Edgar Wallace. A second adaptation was made in 1948.

Cast[]

  • Herbert Marshall as Gerry Anson
  • Edna Best as Jill Panniford
  • Anne Grey as Wenda Panniford
  • Gordon Harker as Sam Hillcott
  • Nigel Bruce as Lord Willie Panniford
  • Alfred Drayton as John Dory
  • Leslie Perrins as Henry Lascarne
  • Allan Aynesworth as Edmund Garth
  • Melville Cooper as Mr. Wayne
  • John Charlton as Swell
  • J.B. Spendlove as Jockey

References[]

  1. ^ BFI Database entry
  2. ^ Wood p.71

Bibliography[]

  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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