UK, 1947
85m, 8076 feet
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
A British fantasy film directed by Vernon Sewell.
Plot Summary
In an old house in Berkeley Square in London, two ex-military ghosts explain to other dining guests who have passed over how they came to find themselves in their present situation.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Vernon Sewell
Pathe Pictures Ltd [logo]. British National Films Ltd presents a British National production
Produced by: Louis H. Jackson
Production Supervisor: Fred A. Swann
Adapted for the screen by: James Seymour
Based on the novel “No Nightingales” by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simons
Assistant Director: Denis Johnson
2nd Assistant Directors: Bill Shore, George K. Aldersley [both uncredited]
3rd Assistant Director: David Tomblin *
Continuity: Joan Wyatt *
Assistant Continuity: Thelma Orr *
Director of Photography: Ernest Palmer
Camera Operator: Moray Grant
Focus Operator: John Dean *
Clapper: Ron Follett *
Loader: John Bond *
Chief Electrician: Tom Sullivan *
Stills: Frank Buckingham *
Assistant Stills: Charles Reed *
Supervising Editor: Dan Birt
Editor: Joseph Sterling
Assistant Editor: Mary Bond *
2nd Assistant Editors: Valerie Best, Peter Powell [both uncredited]
Music Composed and Directed by: Hans May
Assistant Music Director: Wilfred Burns *
Recording Director: Harold V. King
Sound Recordist: George Adams
Boom Operator: Eric Bayman *
Boom Assistant: Derek Swynnerton *
Sound Editor: Jim Groom
Dubbing Crew: Len Shilton, H. Blackmore [both uncredited]
RCA Sound System
Costume Designer: Beresford Egan
Wardrobe Mistress: Mrs Tweedy
Make-up Artist: Henry Hayward
Make Up Assistant: Dave Aylott *
Hair Stylist: A.G. Scott
Assistant Hair: Bebe Hollis *
Art Director: Wilfred Arnold
Assistant Art Director: Geoffrey Somerton *
Set Dresser: Bill Osborne *
Prop Master: Frank Davies *
Master Carpenter: Arthur Searle *
Master Painter: Reg Wildman *
Draughtsmen: Victor Croll, A. Mackenzie, J. Peters, Frank Willson, J. Tomblin [all uncredited]
Murals and Portraits by: Olga Lehman & Gilbert Wood
Floor Manager: Arthur Moss *
Made and Produced at: National Studios, Elstree
Cast
Robert Morley (General Burlap)
Felix Aylmer (Colonel Kelsoe)
Yvonne Arnaud (Millie)
Claude Hulbert (Merryweather)
Abraham Sofaer (Disraeli)
Ernest Thesiger (investigator)
Marie Lohr (Lottie)
Martita Hunt (Lady Mary)
A.E. Matthews (General Bristow)
John Longden (Mortimer Digby)
Ronald Frankau (Tex)
Wilfred Hyde-White (staff captain)
Martin Miller (professor)
Wally Patch (foreman)
Esme Percy (Vizier)
Mary Jerrold (Lettie)
Harry Fine [1914 colonel] *
Diane Clare [girl] *
References
Periodicals
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2067 (28 November 1947) – credits
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2070 (19 December 1946) – credits
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2112 (23 October 1947) – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.14 no.167 (November 1947) p.153 – credits, synopsis, review
- Picturegoer vol.16 no.699 (20 December 1947) – review
- Today’s Cinema vol.69 no.5559 (17 October 1947) – review
Books
- British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959 by David Quinlan p.212 – credits, synopsis
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.32, 37
- Frightfest Guide to Ghost Movies by Axelle Carolyn p.60
- Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films by James Robert Parish p.146 – credits
- Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.112
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.162 – credits
