Bedelia (Original title)Vera Caspary's Bedelia (Alternative title)
Dates: 1946 (Copyright), 01 July 1946 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Lance Comfort
Synopsis: Drama: Bedelia had killed off three successive husbands and having persuaded the fourth to insure his life heavily, is about to poison him too. But Ben, painter and private detective, is watching her.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8077 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v166 n5 1 Feb 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2041 30 May 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2041 30 May 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2070 19 Dec 1946 Page: 259
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2070 19 Dec 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v66 n5348 28 May 1946
Title: [Today's Cinema - v66 n5348 28 May 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v163 n11 15 Jun 1946
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v163 n11 15 Jun 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v13 n150 June 1946 Page: 79
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v13 n150 June 1946: no known title]Language: English
Author: CASPARY, Vera Pages: 174p
Description: Original novel.
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8088 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-13856
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8400 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-13859
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8088 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-13856
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8100 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-13862
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 8082 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-13863
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8084 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-13861
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Dates: 1946 (Copyright), 01 July 1946 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Lance Comfort
Synopsis: Drama: Bedelia had killed off three successive husbands and having persuaded the fourth to insure his life heavily, is about to poison him too. But Ben, painter and private detective, is watching her.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8077 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(29)
©: John Corfield Productions, Presents: John Corfield, Produced by: Isadore Goldsmith, Production Manager: Ronald Brantford, Assistant Director: Rowland Douglas, Screen Play by: Vera Caspary, Screen Play by: Herbert Victor, I. Goldsmith, Supervisor of Dialogue: M.R. Ridley, Additional Dialogue by: Moie Charles, Above the Title Credit [for Novel]: Vera Caspary, Director of Photography: Frederick A. Young, Camera Operator: Harold Julius, Special Effects: Cliff Richardson, Special Effects: Lionel Banes, Editor: Michael Truman, Art Director: Duncan Sutherland, Dresses Designed by: Elizabeth Haffenden, Margaret Lockwood's Shoes by: H. & M. Rayne Ltd, Make-up: Ernest Taylor, Hair Styles: Barbara Barnard, Music Composed and Conducted by: Hans May, Melody `Wonderful' for Exhibition Dance: Pat Kay, [Sound] Recording: A.E. Rudolph, [Sound] Recorded at: Ealing Studios, Sound System: RCA, Sound Cutter: Mary Habberfield, Made at: Ealing Studios
Cast
(39)
Margaret Lockwood (Bedelia Carrington), Ian Hunter (Charlie Carrington), Barry K. Barnes (Detective Ben Chaney), Anne Crawford (Ellen Walker), Jill Esmond (Nurse Harris), Barbara Blair (Sylvia Johnstone), Ellen Pollock (McKelvie's housekeeper), Louise Hampton (Hannah), Julien Mitchell (Dr McAfee), Kynaston Reeves (Mr Bennett), Beatrice Varley (Mary), Olga Lindo (Mrs Bennett), John Salew (Alec Johnstone), Paul Bonifas (insurance manager), Marcel Poncin (M. Perrin), Martin Harvey (abbé), Vi Stephens (Mrs McAfee), Claude Bailey (Captain McKelvey), John Serret (jeweller's customer), David Keir (chemist), Jill Bardi (jeweller's saleswoman), Michelle de Lys (jeweller's customer), Alice Gachet (manageress), Charles Paton (railway clerk), Paul Hardtmuth (old Frenchman), Gold, Cordell (exhibition dance by), Daphne Arthur ([Miss Jenkins]), Henry de Bray ([M. Martin]), Sonia Sergyl ([abbé's housekeeper]), Aubrey Mallalieu ([vicar]), Oscar Nation ([French police inspector]), Elizabeth Maude ([shop assistant]), Malcolm Thomas ([errand boy]), Claude Frederic ([waiter]), Yvonne André ([chambermaid]), John Allen ([clerk]), George Pelling ([Willie the chauffeur]), Dermot Walsh ([Jim, the doctor's chauffeur])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Motion Picture Herald v166 n5 1 Feb 1947Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v166 n5 1 Feb 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2041 30 May 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2041 30 May 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2070 19 Dec 1946 Page: 259
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2070 19 Dec 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v66 n5348 28 May 1946
Title: [Today's Cinema - v66 n5348 28 May 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v163 n11 15 Jun 1946
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v163 n11 15 Jun 1946: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v13 n150 June 1946 Page: 79
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v13 n150 June 1946: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Bedelia. Film editionAuthor: CASPARY, Vera Pages: 174p
Description: Original novel.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(20)
Accessible materials to view(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8088 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-13856
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1499548
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1500068
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-528388
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-528388-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-637217
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(11)
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 86.16 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1499579
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1500068
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-528408
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-528408-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-528428
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Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-528428-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-528368
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-528368-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-528388
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-528388-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-637217
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Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1499548
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231903
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8400 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-13859
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8088 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-13856
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8100 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-13862
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 8082 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-13863
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8084 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-13861
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-13858
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateBFI identifier: C-13857
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film