Information
- BFI identifier133140
- Date1937 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisLove-triangle drama. A young couple meet, fall in love and are parted by misunderstanding. She marries an older man and eventually realises that she loves her husband. (Synopsis)
- Work historyTrade show, August 17th 1937. Released by ABFD March 7th 1938 at 6447ft (72 mins). Reissued 1947 by British Aviation Pictures, length unknown. The film was released in the USA under the title DANGEROUS SECRETS in October 1938 with a running time of 59 minutes. The American copy held by the NFTVA carries the copyright date of 1938 for Grand National Film Inc. An extra credit for Supervising Editor - Martin G. Cohn is also on this copy. Cohn presumeably reduced the British running time from 72 mins to the American running time of 59 mins. The Variety review criticises the editing.
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits
- CastPaul Lukas (Professor Paul Bernardy)
Hugh Williams (Jim Wyndham)
Linden Travers (Helen Norwood Bernardy)
view full cast
Title
Brief Ecstasy (Original)
Dangerous Secrets (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/5B65-1600-89D6-3A18-2E7A-YCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsDocument: report - BBFC-1-6-696
Document: report - BBFC-1-6-716
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-133140
Unfilmed small press-sheet held.
view all - Stills
- Articles
- +Brief Ecstasy
Work - 133140 - 1937 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
Hierarchy Display