A Cottage on Dartmoor
Also known as Fången 53 in Sweden; Escaped from Dartmoor in the USA
(1929) England/Sweden
B&W : Eight reels / 7528 feet
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Cast: Hans von Schlettow (Hans Adalbert Schlettow) [Harry, a Dartmoor farmer], Norah Baring [Sally, a manicurist], Uno Henning [Joe, the barber’s assistant], Judd Green [a customer], Anthony Asquith [a cinema attendee in glasses]
British Instructional Films, Limited, and Aktiebolaget Svensk Filmindustri production; distributed by Pro Patria. / Produced by Harry Bruce Woolfe (H. Bruce Woolfe). Screenplay by Anthony Asquith, with continuity by Ralph Smart, from a screen story by Herbert C. Price. Art direction by Ian Campbell-Gray + [Arthur Woods]. Assistant director, Frank Bundy. Cinematography by Stanley Rodwell + [Axel Lindblom]. Music composed and conducted by William Hodgson. / Released October 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Sweden by Aktiebolaget Svensk Filmindustri on 27 January 1930. The film was released in the USA by British Instructional Films [America], Incorporated, on 11 April 1930. The film was modified with additional talking sequences and rereleased in the United Kingdom on 18 August 1930. One talking sequence in the film includes a talkie clip seen at a movie theater. The film was rereleased in the USA by Harold Auten in 1932. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Prints exist in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 13 December 2024.
References: Brownlow-Parade p. 516; Gifford-British n. 08730; Limbacher-Feature p. 50; McIlroy-Sweden p. 23; Perry-British pp. 64, 60o, 300-301; Wakeman-World pp. 9, 12 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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