Beauty and the Barge (1937 film)

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Beauty and the Barge
Beauty and the Barge (1937 film).jpg
Gordon Harker and Judy Gunn
Directed by Henry Edwards
Based onBeauty and the Barge
by W. W. Jacobs
Produced by Julius Hagen
Starring Gordon Harker
Judy Gunn
Jack Hawkins
George Carney
Cinematography Sydney Blythe
William Luff
Edited by Michael C. Chorlton
Music by W.L. Trytel
Production
company
Distributed by Associated British
Release date
  • February 1937 (1937-02)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Beauty and the Barge is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gordon Harker, Judy Gunn and Jack Hawkins. [1] It was produced by Julius Hagen's production company Twickenham Film Studios, but made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith rather than at Twickenham. [2] It was based on the 1905 play Beauty and the Barge by W. W. Jacobs.

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  1. BFI.org
  2. Wood p.89

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