February 10, 2012

Films

Little Friend – 1934 | 85 mins | Drama | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Little Friend

Well-crafted weepie about the effects of a marriage break-up on a young girl. 12-year-old Felicity (Nova Pilbeam), tries to shield her mother (Lydia Sherwood) in court when her father (Matheson Lang) sues for divorce on the grounds of adultery. Felicity attempts suicide in a bid to reunite her parents.

Production Team

Berthold Viertel: Director
Alfred Junge: Art Direction
Gunther Krampf: Cinematography
Louis Levy: Music Direction
Robert Stevenson: Producer
Christopher Isherwood: Script
Margaret Kennedy: Script
Berthold Viertel: Script

Cast

Matheson Lang: John Hughes
Lydia Sherwood: Helen Hughes
Nova Pilbeam: Felicity Hughes
Arthur Margetson: Hilliard
Jean Cadell: Miss Drew
Jimmy Hanley: Leonard Parry
Gibb McLaughlin: Thompson
Diana Cotton: Maud
Cecil Parker: Mason



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