Michael and Mary (film)
Encyclopedia
Michael and Mary was a 1931
British
drama film
directed by Victor Saville
and starring Elizabeth Allan, Edna Best, Frank Lawton
, and erbert Marshall This was the first of the Edna Best and Herbert Marshall co-starring talkies. It was based on a short story by A. A. Milne
.
With a running time of 76 minutes, it was distributed by Universal Studios
. A.A. Milne's story was adapted by Victor Saville and Angus MacPhail
.
) but finds happiness with another man (Herbert Marshall
). They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child (Frank Lawton
).
The first husband turns up and starts black-mailing them. During a quarrel with the second husband, he dies. After some complications, their son learns the truth, but stands by them.
1931 in film
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British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Victor Saville
Victor Saville
Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954...
and starring Elizabeth Allan, Edna Best, Frank Lawton
Frank Lawton
Frank Lawton was an English actor, born Frank Lawton Mokeley. He was married to Evelyn Laye, with whom he acted several times including in My Husband and I .His parents were stage players Daisy May Collier and Frank Mokeley...
, and erbert Marshall This was the first of the Edna Best and Herbert Marshall co-starring talkies. It was based on a short story by A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.-Biography:A. A...
.
With a running time of 76 minutes, it was distributed by Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. A.A. Milne's story was adapted by Victor Saville and Angus MacPhail
Angus MacPhail
Angus MacPhail was an English screenwriter, active from the late 1920s, who is best remembered for his work with Alfred Hitchcock....
.
Plot
A young bride (Edna Best) is deserted by her husband (D. A. Clarke-SmithD. A. Clarke-Smith
D. A. Clarke-Smith was a British actor.He was born on 2 August 1888 at Montrose, Scotland. He was educated at the University of Oxford, studying law and voice culture, and while there joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society. His stage career was interrupted by the First World War...
) but finds happiness with another man (Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall , born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, was an English actor.His parents were Percy F. Marshall and Ethel May Turner. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Old Harlow, Essex and worked for a time as an accounting clerk...
). They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child (Frank Lawton
Frank Lawton
Frank Lawton was an English actor, born Frank Lawton Mokeley. He was married to Evelyn Laye, with whom he acted several times including in My Husband and I .His parents were stage players Daisy May Collier and Frank Mokeley...
).
The first husband turns up and starts black-mailing them. During a quarrel with the second husband, he dies. After some complications, their son learns the truth, but stands by them.