The Outsider (1931 film)

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The Outsider
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Directed by Harry Lachman
Written byHarry Lachman
Alma Reville
Based on The Outsider
by Dorothy Brandon
Produced byEric Hakim
Starring Joan Barry
Harold Huth
Norman McKinnel
Cinematography Günther Krampf
Edited by Winifred Cooper
Geza Pollatschik
Music by W. L. Trytel
Production
companies
Eric Hakim Productions
British International Pictures
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 20 April 1931 (1931-04-20)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Outsider is a 1931 British drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Joan Barry, Harold Huth and Norman McKinnel. [1] The screenplay concerns an unorthodox osteopath who cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor. It was made at Elstree Studios [2] and based on the 1923 play of the same title by Dorothy Brandon, previously made into an American silent film in 1926. The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold.

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Harold Huth's performance was voted the best in a British film in 1931. [3] The film was remade in 1939 as The Outsider with George Sanders and Mary Maguire in the leading roles.

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References

  1. "The Outsider (1931)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
  2. Wood 1986, p. 72.
  3. "BEST FILM PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR". The Examiner (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 9 July 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 4 March 2013 via National Library of Australia.

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