The Story of Papworth

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The Story of Papworth (also known as The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope) is a 1935 British short drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Madeleine Carroll, Gordon Harker and C. Aubrey Smith. [1] The screenplay concerns a consumptive (a tuberculosis sufferer) who is saved by the village of Papworth, which raises funds for his treatment. [2]

The film shared its royal premiere before Queen Mary on 17 December 1935 at the Leicester Square Theatre with René Clair's The Ghost Goes West . The whole of the ticket proceeds was devoted to funding a nurses' home at Papworth Village Settlement. [3]

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References

  1. "The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope". IMDb .
  2. BFI.org
  3. See advertisement in The Times, 14 December 1935, p. 11. See also Papworth Industries.