Uneasy Virtue Explained

Uneasy Virtue
Starring:	Fay Compton Edmund Breon Francis Lister Margot Grahame
Cinematography:	Claude Friese-Greene
Studio:	British International Pictures
Runtime:	83 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Uneasy Virtue is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Fay Compton, Edmund Breon, Francis Lister, Donald Calthrop, and Garry Marsh.^[1] It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios. The film was based on the 1927 West End play The Happy Husband by Harrison Owen.

Synopsis

A loyal wife cultivates the impression that she has affairs with a variety of other men.

Cast

• Fay Compton as Dorothy Rendell
• Edmund Breon as Harvey Townsend
• Francis Lister as Bill Rendell
• Margot Grahame as Stella Tolhurst
• Donald Calthrop as Burglar
• Garry Marsh as Arthur Tolhurst
• Dodo Watts as Sylvia Fullerton
• Adele Dixon as Consuelo Pratt
• Hubert Harben as Frank K. Pratt
• Gerard Lyley as Sosso Stephens
• Margaret Yarde as Mrs Robinson
• Molly Lamont as Ada

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090113224409/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/55983 BFI Database entry

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.