The Calendar (1948 film)

The Calendar
Original pressbook
Directed by	Arthur Crabtree
Produced by	Antony Darnborough
Written by	Geoffrey Kerr
Based on	play by Edgar Wallace
Starring	Greta Gynt John McCallum
Music by	Arthur Wilkinson
Cinematography	Cyril J. Knowles Reginald H. Wyer
Edited by	Jean Barker
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	26 May 1948 (London) (UK)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£92,000^[1]

The Calendar is a black and white 1948 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Greta Gynt, John McCallum, Raymond Lovell and Leslie Dwyer.^[2] It is based on a novel The Calendar by Edgar Wallace that had previously been adapted in 1931. ^[3]

Plot

After losing his money at the races, a racehorse owner's (John McCallum) fiancée (Greta Gynt) jilts him and marries a Lord (Raymond Lovell). Whilst drowning his sorrows, the racehorse owner becomes involved in a big-race scandal. The plot is to steal his own prize horse before a race, therefore increasing the odds in another big race, the Ascot Gold Cup. Can he successfully recoup his fortune and also win again in the romantic stakes?

Cast

Greta Gynt - Wenda Panniford
John McCallum - Captain Garry Anson
Raymond Lovell - Lord Willie Panniford
Sonia Holm - Lady Mollie Panniford
Leslie Dwyer - Sam Hillcott
Charles Victor - John Dory
Felix Aylmer - Lord Forlingham
Diana Dors - Hawkins
Cyril Chamberlain - Customs Official
Sidney King - Tony
Noel Howlett - Lawyer
Barry Jones - Sir John Garth
Claude Bailey - Lord Inspond
Desmond Roberts - Rainby
Fred Payne - Andy Lynn

Critical reception

Britmovie called the film a "tepid melodrama"; ^[4] while David Parkinson, in the Radio Times, wrote, "British cinema was heavily dependent on the mysteries of Edgar Wallace in the early talkie era. Few of these creaky thrillers were ever remade, until someone at Gainsborough Productions felt the need to bring this veritable stage warhorse under starter's orders for a second time. It's all clipped accents and impossibly earnest hamming from the off...fans of Dick Francis may find it amusing." ^[5]

References

↑ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 210
↑ "The Calendar". BFI.
↑ "The Calendar (1948) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
↑ "The Calendar". britmovie.co.uk.
↑ David Parkinson. "The Calendar". RadioTimes.

External links

The Calendar at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Arthur Crabtree

Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
They Were Sisters (1945)
Caravan (1946)
Dear Murderer (1947)
The Calendar (1948)
Quartet (segment) (1948)
Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
Lilli Marlene (1950)
Hindle Wakes (1952)
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
Stryker of the Yard (1953)
Morning Call (1957)
West of Suez (1957)
Death Over My Shoulder (1958)
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)

Edgar Wallace

Novels

The Four Just Men (1905)
Kate Plus Ten (1919)
The Crimson Circle (1922)
The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
The Dark Eyes of London (1924)
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1925)
The Terrible People (1926)
The Big Foot (1927)
The Forger (1927)
The Calendar (1930)
The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (1932)

Plays

The Man Who Changed His Name (1928)

Screenplays

Adaptations

J. G. Reeder	Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938) The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939) The Missing People (1940)

The Four Just Men	The Four Just Men (1921 film) The Four Just Men (1939 film) The Four Just Men (1959 TV series)

Edgar Wallace Mysteries	Urge to Kill The Clue of the New Pin Never Back Losers The Sinister Man Solo for Sparrow We Shall See

Rialto Films	Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) Der rote Kreis (1960) The Terrible People (1960) The Dead Eyes of London (1961) The Devil's Daffodil (1961) The Forger of London (1961) The Green Archer (1961) The Strange Countess (1961) The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962) The Door with Seven Locks (1962) The Inn on the River (1962) The Squeaker (1963) The Black Abbot (1963) The Indian Scarf (1963) The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964) The Traitor's Gate (1964) Neues vom Hexer (1965) Im Banne des Unheimlichen (1968)

Other	The Man Who Bought London (1916) The Green Terror (1919) Pallard the Punter (1919) The River of Stars (1921) The Crimson Circle (1922) The Diamond Man (1924) The Green Archer (1925 serial) (1925) The Terror (1928) Mark of the Frog (1928) The Forger (1928) The Terrible People (1928 serial) The Ringer (1928) The Man Who Changed His Name (1928) The Flying Squad (1929) Der rote Kreis (1929) The Clue of the New Pin (1929) The Yellow Mask (1930) The Ringer (1931) To Oblige a Lady (1931) The Calendar (1931) The Old Man (1931) The Squeaker (1931) The Flying Squad (1932) The Frightened Lady (1932) The Sorceror (1932) The Menace (1932) White Face (1932) The Jewel (1933) Before Dawn (1933) The Feathered Serpent (1934) The Green Pack (1934) Mystery Liner (1934) The Lad (1935) Sanders of the River (1935) Born to Gamble (1935) Chick (1936) Educated Evans (1936) The Crimson Circle (1936) Prison Breaker (1936) The Frog (1937) The Sqeaker (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Dangerous to Know (1938) Kate Plus Ten (1938) Thank Evans (1938) The Terror (1938) The Return of the Frog (1938) Flying Fifty-Five (1939) The Dark Eyes of London (1939) The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) The Door with Seven Locks (1940) The Flying Squad (1940) The Green Archer (1940 serial) (1940) The Missing Million (1942) The Calendar (1948) The Ringer (1952) The Avenger (1960) Death Drums Along the River (1963) Coast of Skeletons (1964) Circus of Fear (1966) Five Golden Dragons (1967)

Family

Marriott Edgar (half-brother)

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