Yellow Sands (film)
| Yellow Sands | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Written by | Rodney Ackland Michael Barringer |
| Based on | Yellow Sands (play) by Adelaide Phillpotts Eden Phillpotts |
| Starring | Marie Tempest Belle Chrystall Wilfrid Lawson Robert Newton |
Release date | 1938 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Yellow Sands is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Marie Tempest, Belle Chrystall, Wilfrid Lawson and Robert Newton.[1] It was based on the 1926 play Yellow Sands by Adelaide and Eden Philpotts.[2]
Premise[]
The film is a rural comedy about a rich dying woman's relatives that are about to be disappointed by the contents of her will.
Cast[]
- Marie Tempest as Jennifer Varwell
- Belle Chrystall as Lydia Blake
- Wilfrid Lawson as Richard Varwell
- Robert Newton as Joe Varwell
- Patrick Barr as Arthur Varwell
- Amy Veness as Mary Varwell
- Coral Browne as Emma Copplestone
- Drusilla Wills as Minnie Masters
- Muriel Johnston as Nellie Masters
- Edward Rigby as Tom Major
References[]
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ James Y. Dayananda, ‘Phillpotts , (Mary) Adelaide Eden (1896–1993)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2012 accessed 9 May 2017
External links[]
- Yellow Sands at IMDb
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- English-language films
- 1938 films
- British films
- 1938 comedy-drama films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- 1930s English-language films
- British comedy-drama films
- British black-and-white films
- British films based on plays
- Films directed by Herbert Brenon
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