The School for Scandal (1930 film) explained

The School for Scandal
Director:	Maurice Elvey
Producer:	Maurice Elvey
Starring:	Basil Gill Madeleine Carroll Ian Fleming Henry Hewitt
Cinematography:	Henry Harris Bernard Knowles
Editing:	Thorold Dickinson
Studio:	Albion Films
Distributor:	Paramount British Pictures
Runtime:	76 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The School for Scandal is a 1930 British historical comedy film directed by Thorold Dickinson and Maurice Elvey and starring Basil Gill, Madeleine Carroll and Ian Fleming.^[1] It is the first sound film adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The School for Scandal. It is also the only feature-length film shot using the unsuccessful Raycol colour process, and marked the screen debut of Sally Gray.The film was shot at the Elstree Studios of British International Pictures with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams. It ended up being released as a second feature and is classified as a quota quickie.^[2]

The British Film Institute has placed it on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.^[3]

Cast

• Basil Gill as Sir Peter Teazle
• Madeleine Carroll as Lady Teazle
• Ian Fleming as Joseph Surface
• Henry Hewitt as Charles Surface
• Edgar K. Bruce as Sir Oliver Surface
• Hayden Coffin as Sir Harry Bumper
• Hector Abbas as Moses
• Dodo Watts as Maria
• Anne Grey as Lady Sneerwell
• John Charlton as Benjamin Backbite
• Stanley Lathbury as Crabtree
• Henry Vibart as Squire Hunter
• May Agate as Mrs. Candour
• Maurice Braddell as Careless
• Gibb McLaughlin as William
• Wallace Bosco as Rawley
• Sally Gray as Bit Part
• Rex Harrison as Bit Part
• Anna Neagle as Bit Part

See also

• List of early color feature films

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: The School for Scandal (1930) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114023601/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49665 . dead . 14 January 2009 . British Film Institute.
2. Chibnall p.262
3. Web site: The School for Scandal / BFI Most Wanted . https://web.archive.org/web/20120803093110/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/school-for-scandal.html . dead . 3 August 2012 . British Film Institute . 29 June 2014.