''Many Waters'' is a 1931 British
romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern ...
and starring
Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films.
Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London ...
,
Arthur Margetson
Arthur Margetson (27 April 1887 – 13 August 1951) was a British stage and film actor.
Margetson worked as a stockbroker before he became an actor.
In 1936, Margetson married actress Shirley Grey.
Filmography
* ''Wolves'' (1930) as Mark (fil ...
and
Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage and film actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, where she appeared in 50 films.
Life and career
Allan was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1910 and educated in ...
. The film was shot at the
Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios ha ...
of
British International Pictures
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned appro ...
.
[Wood p.72] It was based on the 1928
play of the same title by
Monckton Hoffe
Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter.
Early life
On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in Connemara, Ireland. His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles.
Career
Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies a ...
. An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth. It was the last film of actress Lillian Hall-Davis, a star of the
silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
, who committed
suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and s ...
in 1933.
Cast
*
Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films.
Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London ...
as Mabel Barcaldine
*
Arthur Margetson
Arthur Margetson (27 April 1887 – 13 August 1951) was a British stage and film actor.
Margetson worked as a stockbroker before he became an actor.
In 1936, Margetson married actress Shirley Grey.
Filmography
* ''Wolves'' (1930) as Mark (fil ...
as Jim Barcaldine
*
Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage and film actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, where she appeared in 50 films.
Life and career
Allan was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1910 and educated in ...
as Freda Barcaldine
*
Donald Calthrop
Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor.
Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatr ...
as Compton Hardcastle
*
Sam Livesey
Samuel Livesey (14 October 1873 – 7 November 1936) was a Welsh stage and film actor.
Life
Livesey's father, Thomas, had been a railway engineer before leaving the industry to establish a travelling theatre with his wife Mary.
The two had six ...
as Stanley Rosel
*
Mary Clare
Mary Clare Absalom (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television.
Biography
Daughter of George Alfred Absalom, Clare was educated at Wood Green secondary school, first worked in an office but a loan ...
as Mrs. Rosel
*
Robert Douglas as Godfrey Marvin
*
Charles Carson as Henry Delauney
*
Ivan Samson
Ivan Samson (28 August 1894 – 1 May 1963) was a British stage, film and television actor. Samson appeared regularly in West End plays and from 1920 began appearing in British silent films. He played Viscount de Mornay in '' I Will Repay'' ...
as Philip Sales
* Renée Macready as Dolly Sales
*
Herbert Lomas as Everett
*
Hay Petrie
David Hay Petrie (16 July 1895 – 30 July 1948) was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1934), the McLaggen in ''The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) and Uncle Pumblechook in '' Great ...
as Director
*
J. Fisher White
Joseph John Fisher White (1 May 1865 – 14 January 1945) was a British stage and film actor. The eldest of four sons of Rev. John White, of Ampfield, of that family formerly of Hursley, by his wife Martha, daughter of Rev. John Fisher, he took ...
as Gentleman
*
Monckton Hoffe
Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter.
Early life
On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in Connemara, Ireland. His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles.
Career
Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies a ...
as Registrar
* S.A. Cookson as Registrar of Marriage
* Paul Gill as Doctor Sangster
*
Clare Greet
Clare Greet (14 June 1871 – 14 February 1939) was an English stage and film actress. She began on stage in Shakespeare with the Ben Greet Company. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1939, including seven films directed by (and one ...
as Registry Office Cleaner
*
Philip Hewland
Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini.
Selected filmography
* '' The Christian'' (1915)
* '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916)
* ''Ar ...
as Registry Office Clerk
* David Miller as Mr. Clinchpole
* Cicely Oates as Registry Office Cleaner
*
Bill Shine
William Shine (born July 4, 1963) is a former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. He spent most of his career as a producer and executive at Fox News. Most recently, he was c ...
as Registry Office Junior Clerk
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1931 films
1930s romance films
British films based on plays
Films directed by Milton Rosmer
British black-and-white films
British romance films
Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
Films set in London
English-language romance films
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