''Thistledown'' is a 1938 British

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

produced by Irving Asher, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Aino Bergo, Keith Falkner,

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 Ambassa ...

, Sharon Lynn and

Amy Veness Amy Veness (26 February 1876 – 22 September 1960) was an English film actress. She played the role of Grandma Huggett in '' The Huggetts Trilogy'' and was sometimes credited as Amy Van Ness. Veness was born Amy Clarice Beart in Aldeburgh, Su ...

. The screenplay concerns the Austrian wife of a Scottish aristocrat. The

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has listed the film as lost.Missing Believed Lost
British Film Institute.

Premise

The Austrian wife of a Scottish aristocrat is driven away by his unfriendly family, but returns years later.

Cast

* Aino Bergo as Therese Glenloch * Keith Falkner as Sir Ian Glenloch *

as Duke of Invergower *

Sharon Lynn Sharon Lynn (born D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay, April 9, 1901 – May 26, 1963) was an American actress and singer. She began playing in silent films but enjoyed her biggest success in the early sound years of motion pictures before fading away i ...

as Ivy Winter *

Bruce Lester Bruce Lester (6 June 1912 – 13 June 2008) was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods. Betwe ...

as Lord James Dunfoyle * Ian Maclean as Rossini *

as Mary Glenloch *

Vera Bogetti Vera Josephine Boggetti (5 October 1902 – 10 October 1985) was a British stage and film actress. She married Laurence J. Rickards in Hampstead, London in 1925, and the couple had a daughter, Pauline, in 1931, who died as an infant in 1932 ...

as Simmonds * Gordon McLeod as Gallagher

References

External links

* 1938 films 1938 musical films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Arthur B. Woods Lost British films British black-and-white films British musical films 1938 lost films Lost musical films 1930s British films English-language musical films {{UK-musical-film-stub