''Badger's Green'' is a 1934 British

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the Silent film, silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s. His surviving work fr ...

and starring

Valerie Hobson Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson (14 April 1917 – 13 November 1998) was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Her second husband was John Profumo, a British government minister who became the subject of the Pro ...

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 ...

, David Horne and

Wally Patch Walter Sydney Vinnicombe (26 September 1888 – 27 October 1970), known as Wally Patch, was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre. Biography Vinnicombe was born in Willesden, Middlesex and began working on th ...

. It was adapted from the 1930 play '' Badger's Green'' by R.C. Sheriff. A picturesque village is threatened with redevelopment by a speculative builder, leading to widespread protest. In the end the builder agrees to settle the future of the village on the result of a cricket match. It was produced by the

British & Dominions Film Corporation Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation, a short-lived British film production company located at Imperial Place, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The studios (one of several facilities historical ...

at their Elstree Studios as a

quota quickie The Cinematograph Films Act 1927 ( 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 29) was an act of the UK Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received royal assent on 22 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928. Description T ...

for distribution by

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to allow them to comply with the terms of the annual quota. ''Badger's Green'' is currently missing from the

BFI National Archive The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren. In 1955, its name became th ...

, and is listed as one of the

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's " 75 Most Wanted" lost films.''Badger's Green'' - 75 Most Wanted
BFI National Archives The story was later remade for the 1949 film '' Badger's Green'', which does survive.

Cast

as Molly Butler *

as Dickie Wetherby * David Horne as Major Forrester *

Sebastian Smith ''Sebastian Smith'' (3 October 1869 – 15 January 1948) was a British stage and film actor. He was born in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Filmography * ''Rescued by Rover'' (1905) * '' Prehistoric Peeps'' (1905) * ''The Tramp's Dream'' (190 ...

as Mr Twigg * John Turnbull as Thomas Butler *

as Mr Rogers * Elsie Irving as Mrs Wetherby

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1934 films Films directed by Adrian Brunel British films based on plays 1934 comedy films Films set in England Lost British comedy films British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1934 lost films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films Quota quickies Paramount Pictures films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub