''Marigold'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by

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and starring

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, Patrick Barr,

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, Edward Chapman and

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/ref> The film was set in

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in the

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. It was filmed in

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. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title by Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor.

Cast

as Marigold Sellar * Patrick Barr as Lieutenant Archie Forsyth *

as Mme. Marly * Edward Chapman as Mordan * Nicholas Hannen as Major Sellar * Hugh Dempster as Bobbie Townsend *

as Queen Victoria * Ian McLean as James Paton * Elliott Mason as Beenie * Katie Johnson as Sarita Dunlop * James Hayter as Peter Cloag

Bibliography

* Harper, Sue. ''Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film''. British Film Institute, 1994.

References

1938 films 1930s historical drama films British historical drama films Films shot at Associated British Studios 1930s English-language films Films set in Scotland Films shot in England Films set in the Victorian era Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria on film Films set in the 1840s Films directed by Thomas Bentley British films based on plays British black-and-white films 1938 drama films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub