The School for Scandal (1930 film)

The School for Scandal
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Produced by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Jean Jay
Based on	play The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Starring	Basil Gill Madeleine Carroll Ian Fleming Henry Hewitt
Production company	Albion Films
Release dates	5 September 1930 (1930-09-05)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The School for Scandal is a 1930 British 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.^[2]

The British Film Institute has placed it on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.^[2]

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 - Bit Part
Rex Harrison - Bit Part
Anna Neagle - Bit Part

References

↑ "The School for Scandal (1930)". British Film Institute.
1 2 "The School for Scandal / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

External links

BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
The School for Scandal at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

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