The Ware Case (1938 film)
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The Ware Case is a 1938 British drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Clive Brook, Jane Baxter and Barry K. Barnes.[1] It is an adaptation of the play The Ware Case (1915) by George Pleydell Bancroft,[2] which had previously been made into two silent films, in 1917 and 1928.[3] It had been a celebrated stage vehicle for Sir Gerald Du Maurier.[4] The film was made at Ealing Studios with stately home exteriors shot in the grounds of Pinewood.[4] Oscar Friedrich Werndorff worked as set designer.[5]
The Ware Case | |
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Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
Written by | G.P. Bancroft (play) E.V.H. Emmett Roland Pertwee Robert Stevenson |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Clive Brook Jane Baxter Barry K. Barnes Francis L. Sullivan |
Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
Edited by | Charles Saunders |
Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
Distributed by | ABFD (UK) 20th Century Fox (US) |
Release dates | 2 December 1938 (United Kingdom) 21 July 1939 (United States) |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
In Forever Ealing, George Perry wrote, "The Ware Case is a stagey, melodramatic piece. But it was made on schedule within its budget, and was thus able to go into profit."[3]