''Frail Women'' is a 1932 British
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
directed by
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He a ...
and starring
Mary Newcomb
Mary Newcomb (1893–1966) was an American actress who appeared on the American and British stage and in films.
Early life
Mary Newcomb was born on August 21, 1893, in North Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter of Josiah Turner Newcomb, and ...
,
Owen Nares,
Frank Pettingell and
Herbert Lomas. In the years after
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
a Colonel marries his war-time mistress.
It was made at
Twickenham Studios[Wood p.71] with sets designed by
James A. Carter.
Cast
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Mary Newcomb
Mary Newcomb (1893–1966) was an American actress who appeared on the American and British stage and in films.
Early life
Mary Newcomb was born on August 21, 1893, in North Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter of Josiah Turner Newcomb, and ...
as The Woman (Lilian Hamilton)
*
Owen Nares as The Man (Colonel Leonard Harvey)
*
Margaret Vines
Margaret Vines (16 January 1907 – 1 March 1997) was a British actress. She performed initially on stage, in the London West End, in the 1920s and 1930s. She then progressed into a career on screen, appearing in several films as well as TV pro ...
as The Girl (Mary Willis)
*
Frederick Peisley
Frederick Walter James Peisley (6 December 1904 – 22 March 1975) was a British stage, film and television actor and theatre director whose career spanned five decades. He is known for ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934), ''Gentlemen's Agreement' ...
as The Boy (Peter Farrer)
*
Jane Welsh as The Sister (Eleanor Farrer)
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Herbert Lomas as The Solicitor (Burrows)
*
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won th ...
as The Bookmaker (Jim Willis)
*
Athole Stewart
Athole Chalmers Stewart (25 June 1879 – 18 October 1940) was a British stage and latterly film actor, often in authoritarian or aristocratic roles.
On stage, he played in the original production of Noël Coward's ''Hay Fever'' at the Ambassad ...
as The Father (Sir Robert Farrer)
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Frank Pettingell as The Employer (McWhirter)
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Miles Malleson as The Registrar
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Heather Angel as The Girl (uncredited)
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
1932 films
1932 drama films
Films directed by Maurice Elvey
1930s English-language films
British drama films
Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios
British World War I films
Films set in London
British black-and-white films
1930s British films
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