Doctor Syn (Original title)Dr. Syn (Alternative title)
Date: 1937 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy William Neill
Synopsis: Set among smugglers in the early 19th century.
Genres: Crime, Period drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Length: 7299 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n345 1 Jan 1938: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n44 August 1937 Page: 165
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n44 August 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1585 2 Sep 1937
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1585 2 Sep 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v19 n474 13 Nov 1937 Page: 27
Title: [Film Weekly - v19 n474 13 Nov 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v7 n340 27 Nov 1937 Page: 24
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n340 27 Nov 1937: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(15)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7289 FeetBFI identifier: C-43204
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-638122
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-638122
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231875
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(13)
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-43216
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43207
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43208
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43209
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7289 FeetBFI identifier: C-43204
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteLength: 7289 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-43206
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7289 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-43210
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-43215
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3150 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-43212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 4200 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-43211
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 2150 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-43213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundLength: 7289 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-43205
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1937 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy William Neill
Synopsis: Set among smugglers in the early 19th century.
Genres: Crime, Period drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Length: 7299 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(19)
Presents: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, [Production Company]: Gainsborough Pictures, Controlled by: General Film Distributors, Associate Director: Maud Howell, [Assistant Director]: Roy Ward Baker, Scenario: Roger Burford, Dialogue: Michael Hogan, Based on the novel by: Russell Thorndike, Photography: Jack Cox, [Photography]: Jack Parry, Editing: R.E. Dearing, Cutting: Alfred Roome, Settings: Vetchinsky, [Music]: Jack Beaver, Musical Direction: Louis Levy, [Sound] Recording: A. Cameron, Recorded on: British Acoustic Full Range System, [Recorded] at: Gainsborough Studios
Cast
(13)
George Arliss (Dr Syn), Margaret Lockwood (Imogene), John Loder (Denis Cobtree), Roy Emerton (Captain Howard Collyer), Graham Moffatt (Jerry Jerk), Frederick Burtwell (Rash), George Merritt (Jeremiah Mipps), Athole Stewart (Sir Anthony Cobtree), Wilson Coleman (Dr Pepper), Wally Patch (the bos'un), Meinhart Maur (the mulatto), Muriel George ([Mrs Waggetts]), Alan Trotter ([townsman of Rye])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: The Picturegoer v7 n345 1 Jan 1938 Page: 25Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n345 1 Jan 1938: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n44 August 1937 Page: 165
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n44 August 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1585 2 Sep 1937
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1585 2 Sep 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v19 n474 13 Nov 1937 Page: 27
Title: [Film Weekly - v19 n474 13 Nov 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v7 n340 27 Nov 1937 Page: 24
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n340 27 Nov 1937: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(15)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7289 FeetBFI identifier: C-43204
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-638122
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-638122
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231875
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(13)
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-43216
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43207
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43208
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43209
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-43214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7289 FeetBFI identifier: C-43204
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteLength: 7289 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-43206
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7289 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-43210
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-43215
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3150 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-43212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 4200 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-43211
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 2150 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-43213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundLength: 7289 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-43205
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film