Danny Boy (1934 film)

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Danny Boy
Directed by Oswald Mitchell
Written byOswald Mitchell
Archie Pitt
Produced byOswald Mitchell
Challis Sanderson
Starring Dorothy Dickson
Archie Pitt
Fred Duprez
Cinematography Desmond Dickinson
Production
company
Panther Films
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 5 July 1934 (1934-07-05)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Danny Boy is a 1934 British musical film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Frank Forbes-Robinson, Dorothy Dickson, Archie Pitt and Ronnie Hepworth. [1] It was shot at Cricklewood Studios in London and released by Butcher's Film Service. Mitchell made another film also titled Danny Boy in 1941.

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A theatrical couple find their relationship strained when the wife is far more successful than her husband.

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References

  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | DANNY BOY (1934)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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