The Price of Folly
1937 film
- J. Lee Thompson (play)
- Ruth Landa
- Walter Summers
- Leonora Corbett
- Colin Keith-Johnston
- Judy Kelly
Production
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Welwyn Studios
Release date
- 26 February 1937 (1937-02-26)
Running time
The Price of Folly is a 1937 British drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Leonora Corbett, Colin Keith-Johnston and Judy Kelly. The screenplay concerns a man who, after a failed attempt to kill a woman, finds himself blackmailed over the incident.[1]
The film was based on the play Double Error by J. Lee Thompson. The film was produced and distributed by the large ABPC combine for whom Thompson later became an established director. It was shot at Welwyn Studios[2] with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.
Main cast
- Leonora Corbett as Christine
- Colin Keith-Johnston as Martin
- Judy Kelly as Frances
- Andreas Malandrinos as Gomez
- Leslie Perrins as Owen
- Wally Patch as Man with Tip
- The Trocadero Girls as Dancers
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
The Price of Folly at IMDb
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Films directed by Walter Summers
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- A Couple of Down and Outs (1923)
- The Unwanted (1924)
- The Cost of Beauty (1924)
- Who Is the Man? (1924)
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- Nelson (1926)
- Mons (1926)
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- Bolibar (1928)
- Lost Patrol (1929)
- Chamber of Horrors (1929)
- Raise the Roof (1930)
- The Flame of Love (1930)
- Suspense (1930)
- The Man from Chicago (1931)
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- Men Like These (1932)
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- What Happened Then? (1934)
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- Lucky Jade (1937)
- Premiere (1938)
- The Dark Eyes of London (1939)
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