| Warning to Wantons | |
| Director: | Donald Wilson |
| Based On: | novel A Warning to Wantons by Mary Mitchell |
| Starring: | Harold Warrender Anne Vernon David Tomlinson |
| Music: | Hans May |
| Cinematography: | George Stretton |
| Editing: | Frederick Wilson Sidney Hayers |
| Studio: | Aquila Film |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | £125,000[1] |
Warning to Wantons is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Donald Wilson and starring Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon and David Tomlinson.[2]
The screenplay, written by art historian James Laver and the director, was based upon Mary Mitchell's 1934 novel A Warning to Wantons, subtitled 'A fantastic romance - setting forth the not undeserved but awful fate which befell a minx'.[3]
The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection.
A young woman escapes her strict convent school and enters high society, where she has the time of her life.
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It was the first of four films produced by Donald Wilson using prefabricated sets to keep costs down. Filming took six weeks.[1]
TV Guide called the film a "A spirited romantic comedy," and rated it two out of four stars.[4]