South Riding (1938)
1938 · Feature film · 85 min · dir. Victor Saville
- Drama
Synopsis
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
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Details
- Director
- Victor Saville
- Writer
- Ian Dalrymple
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Studio
- Victor Saville Productions, London Films Productions
- Released
- 1938-08-01
- Running time
- 85 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Romance
Cast & crew
- Victor Saville Director
Edna Best
Ann Todd
Ralph Richardson
Edmund Gwenn