Edward Godal was a British film producer and director. During

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Godal ran a training school for actors. He became a leading

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producer of British films after the war, becoming managing director of the small but ambitious British & Colonial, based at Walthamstow Studios from 1918 to 1924. He later became involved with plans to make colour films at the newly built

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and a proposed big-budget adaptation of an

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novel, neither of which came to anything.Low p.198-199 His producing career largely ended with the arrival of

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in 1929, and he made only one further film, in 1938.

Selected filmography

* '' 12.10'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * ''

The Scarlet Wooing ''The Scarlet Wooing'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Eve Balfour, George Keene and Marguerite Blanche. The screenplay concerns an author who writes a scandalous novel in order to raise funds for h ...

'' (1920) * '' The Sword of Damocles'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * ''

The Puppet Man ''The Puppet Man'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Hugh Miller, Molly Adair and Hilda Anthony.Low p.432 Cast * Hugh Miller as Alcide le Beau * Molly Adair as Jenny Rose * Hilda Anthony as Lilla ...

'' (1921) * '' The Audacious Mr. Squire'' (1923) * '' Heartstrings'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' The Dream of Eugene Aram'' (1923) * '' Love and Hate'' (1924) * '' Wanted, a Boy'' (1924) * ''

Adventurous Youth ''Adventurous Youth'' is a 1928 British silent Western film directed by Edward Godal and starring Derrick De Marney, Renee Clama and Dino Galvani. It depicts an Englishman (Derrick de Marney) who is voluntarily caught up in the Mexican Revolut ...

'' (1928, also directed) * ''

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'' (1938, also directed)

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film directors British film producers {{UK-film-director-stub