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The Water Gipsies (film)

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The Water Gipsies
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byA.P. Herbert (novel)
Miles Malleson
Alma Reville
John Paddy Carstairs
Basil Dean
Produced byBasil Dean
StarringAnn Todd
Sari Maritza
Ian Hunter
CinematographyRobert De Grasse
Robert Martin
Edited byOtto Ludwig
Music byVivian Ellis
Ernest Irving
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • 7 November 1932 (1932-11-07)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Water Gipsies is a 1932 British, low-budget "quota quickie" drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Ann Todd, Sari Maritza and Ian Hunter.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel The Water Gipsies by A.P. Herbert. The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios. Vivian Ellis worked as the film's composer, and later used some of the music in the 1955 stage musical adaptation of the novel.

The film also features a 22 year old Raymond Raikes in the role of sozzled Bertie Peach at the party. Raikes went on to become England's most celebrated director and producer of classical radio drama and the first to broadcast drama in stereo.

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References

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  1. ^ Matthew Sweet (2 January 2007). "Fancy a quickie?". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "The Water Gipsies (1932)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.
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