Young Woodley
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Young Woodley is a 1930 British
drama film
directed by Thomas Bentley
and starring Madeleine Carroll
, Frank Lawton
and Sam Livesey
, based on the controversial 1925 play Young Woodley
by John Van Druten. Bentley had previously directed a 1928 silent version, but the film was never released, and he re-made it in sound using some of the same actors. A school prefect
becomes attracted to the headmaster's wife. The film, like the play, was noted for its subversive attitude to authority. The pompous and cold headmaster is portrayed as the villain
of the work. The film was not a major success when it was released.
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 Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...
and starring Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll
Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...
, 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 Sam Livesey
Sam Livesey
Sam Livesey was a British film actor. He was the father of the actor Roger Livesey.-Selected filmography:* The Forger * Blackmail silent version only* Raise the Roof * Up for the Cup...
, based on the controversial 1925 play Young Woodley
Young Woodley (play)
Young Woodley is a 1925 play by the British writer John Van Druten. It concerns a schoolboy at a top British public school who falls in love with his headmaster's wife and is eventually expelled. Because of its negative depiction of public school life and its controversial subject matter the play...
by John Van Druten. Bentley had previously directed a 1928 silent version, but the film was never released, and he re-made it in sound using some of the same actors. A school prefect
Prefect
Prefect is a magisterial title of varying definition....
becomes attracted to the headmaster's wife. The film, like the play, was noted for its subversive attitude to authority. The pompous and cold headmaster is portrayed as the villain
Villain
A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...
of the work. The film was not a major success when it was released.
Cast
- Madeleine CarrollMadeleine CarrollEdith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...
- Laura Simmons - Frank LawtonFrank LawtonFrank 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...
- Woodley - Sam LiveseySam LiveseySam Livesey was a British film actor. He was the father of the actor Roger Livesey.-Selected filmography:* The Forger * Blackmail silent version only* Raise the Roof * Up for the Cup...
- Mr. Simmons - Gerald RawlinsonGerald Rawlinson-Selected filmography:* The Hellcat * Life's a Stage * The Rising Generation * The Silent House * The Devil's Maze * The Rocket Bus * The Night Porter * Young Woodley...
- Milner - Billy MiltonBilly Milton-Selected filmography:* Young Woodley * The Man from Chicago * The Great Gay Road * Three Men in a Boat * Music Hath Charms * No Escape * Aren't Men Beasts! * Yes, Madam?...
- Vining - Aubrey MatherAubrey MatherAubrey Mather was an English character actor.Mather began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in Brewster's Millions in 1909 and on Broadway ten years later in Luck of the Navy. He eventually branched out to films, starting with Young Woodley in 1930...
- Mr. Woodley - John Teed - Ainger
- Anthony Halfpenny - Cope
- René RayRené RayRené Ray, Countess of Midleton was a British film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in over forty films....
- Kitty - Fanny Wright - Mother