Forbidden (Original title)Scarlet Heaven (Alternative title)A Lady Was to Die (Alternative title)
Date: 1949 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: George King
Synopsis: Story of a man who sells patent medicine at a Blackpool fairground and who believes he has killed his wife.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Blackpool
Releases
Date: 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7950 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Today's Cinema - v72 n5764 11 Feb 1949: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v16 n183 March 1949 Page: 39
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v16 n183 March 1949: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-892637
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 7941 FeetBFI identifier: C-955149
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(12)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8437 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-149253
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-892637
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 7941 FeetBFI identifier: C-955149
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 8437 FeetBFI identifier: C-892636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: Combined as MuteLength: 8437 FeetStock date: 1997BFI identifier: C-892635
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7940 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-609184
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7940 FeetBFI identifier: C-955148
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7940 FeetBFI identifier: C-955150
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master X-Mods PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 252 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-614611
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7940 FeetBFI identifier: C-609182
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7940 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-609183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 252 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-609185
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1949 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: George King
Synopsis: Story of a man who sells patent medicine at a Blackpool fairground and who believes he has killed his wife.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Blackpool
Releases
Date: 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7950 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(20)
Production Company: Pennant Picture Productions, Producer: George King, Production Manager: Harold S. Richmond, Assistant Director: Stanley Couzins, Continuity: Shirley Barnes, Screenplay: Katherine Strueby, From a story by: Val Valentine, Director of Photography: Hone Glendinning, Camera Operator: Bob Day, Editor: Douglas Myers, Art Director: Bernard Robinson, Dresses: Strassner, Cottons: Horrocks Ltd., Wardrobe Mistress: A.E. Binney, Hairdresser: Jean Bear, Music: George Melachrino, Sound Supervisor: George Burgess, Sound Mixer: Cecil Mason, Studio: Riverside Studios
Cast
(21)
Douglass Montgomery (Jim Harding), Hazel Court (Jeannie Thompson), Patricia Burke (Diana Harding), Garry Marsh (Jerry Burns), Ronald Shiner (Dan Collins), Kenneth Griffiths (Johnny), Eliot Makeham (Pop Thompson), Frederick Leister (Dr John Franklin), Richard Bird (Jennings), Michael Medwin (cabby), Andrew Cruickshank (Inspector Baxter), Peggy Ann Clifford (Millie), William Douglas (Lawson), Dennis Harkin (Bert), Peter Jones (Pete), Dora Stevening (Mrs. Franklin), Erik Chitty (Schofield), Audrey Teesdale (Ethel), Mark Stone (critic), Sam Kydd (Joe), Eric Whittle (Alec)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
In: Today's Cinema v72 n5764 11 Feb 1949 Page: 21Title: [Today's Cinema - v72 n5764 11 Feb 1949: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v16 n183 March 1949 Page: 39
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v16 n183 March 1949: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-892637
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 7941 FeetBFI identifier: C-955149
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(12)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8437 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-149253
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-892637
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 7941 FeetBFI identifier: C-955149
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 8437 FeetBFI identifier: C-892636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: Combined as MuteLength: 8437 FeetStock date: 1997BFI identifier: C-892635
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7940 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-609184
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7940 FeetBFI identifier: C-955148
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7940 FeetBFI identifier: C-955150
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master X-Mods PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 252 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-614611
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7940 FeetBFI identifier: C-609182
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7940 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-609183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 252 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-609185
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film