A Romance in Flanders

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A Romance in Flanders
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Directed by Maurice Elvey
Written byHarold Simpson
Based onThe Widow's Island by Mario Fort and Ralph Vanio
Produced byFriedrich Deutschmeister
Starring Paul Cavanagh
Marcelle Chantal
Garry Marsh
Cinematography Sydney Blythe
William Luff
Production
company
Franco–London Films
Distributed by British Lion Films
Release date
17 August 1937
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Romance in Flanders is a 1937 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Paul Cavanagh, Marcelle Chantal, Olga Lindo and Alastair Sim. It is set during the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders. It was also released under the alternative title of Lost on the Western Front.

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The film was produced as an English-language version of the French film Widow's Island . It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith by the independent Franco-London Films. [1] Halliwell's Film Guide describes it as "rose-coloured romantic hokum". [2]

Synopsis

During the First World War campaign in Flanders two British soldiers are both attracted to a local women Yvonne. During a German attack on the Widow's Island salient, John Morley is left for dead by Rodd Berry who now has a free hand with Yvonne. Twenty years later Yvonne, married to Berry for two decades, encounters a tourist guide on the battlefield with an uncanny resemblance to Morley and possibly suffering from amnesia.

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References

  1. Wood p.92
  2. Halliwell p.878

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