South Riding (1938)
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
Director:
Victor Saville
Writers:
Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull.
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Edna Best as Sarah Barton |
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Ralph Richardson as Robert Carne |
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Edmund Gwenn as Alfred Huggins |
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Ann Todd as Madge Carne |
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Marie Lohr as Mrs. Beddows |
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Milton Rosmer as Alderman Snaith |
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John Clements as Joe Astell |
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Edward Lexy as Mr. Holly |
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Joan Ellum as Lydia Holly |
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Glynis Johns as Midge Carne |
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Josephine Wilson as Mrs. Holly |
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Gus McNaughton as Tadman |
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Herbert Lomas as Castle |
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Peggy Novak as Bessie Warbuckle |
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Lewis Casson as Lord Sedgmire |
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Felix Aylmer as Chairman of Council |
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Jean Cadell as Miss Dry |
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Skelton Knaggs as Reg. Aythorne |
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Laura Smithson as Mrs. Brimsley |
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Florence Gregson as Mrs. Molton |
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Beckett Bould as Foreman on Road Building Site |
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Madge Brindley as A Psalm Singer |
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Davina Whitehouse as |
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Arthur Hambling as Village Doctor |
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Ralph Truman as Nursing Home Doctor |
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George Spence as Man Listening to Chairman of Council Speech (uncredited) |
| Directing | Victor Saville | Director |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ian Dalrymple | Screenplay |
| Writing | Donald Bull | Screenplay |
| Writing | Winifred Holtby | Novel |
