Английская Википедия:High Finance (film)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox film High Finance is a 1933 British drama film directed by George King and starring Gibb McLaughlin and Ida Lupino, which was marketed as "the drama of a man overwhelmed by his own success". It is now classed as a lost film.[1] It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers and shot at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.[2]
Plot
Self-made businessman Sir Grant Rayburn (McLaughlin) is obsessed with making money to the exclusion of all else. He shows little interest in his daughter Jill (Lupino) and is irritated when she falls in love with, and wishes to marry, a young man named Tom (John Batten). Sir Grant does not believe Tom is a suitable match for Jill as he does not come from a moneyed background. He suspects that Tom is a chancer with an eye on access to Jill's money, and as she is still under age he refuses to give her consent to marry and considers the matter closed, with no concern for Jill's feelings.
Sir Grant discovers what he believes to be a quick and easy way to make a financial killing, and goes full steam ahead with the scheme in the face of concern from his advisers that it is risky in the extreme, and potentially illegal. The scheme ends in disaster, with Sir Grant publicly exposed as a law-breaker and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. While behind bars he has time to reflect on his mistakes, and realises that he has allowed greed and selfishness to control his life. He emerges from prison a reformed character, vowing to pay more attention to personal matters and less to business. He apologises to Jill for his neglect and unreasonableness, saying that he has judged Tom unfairly and he is now happy to allow them to marry.
Cast
- Gibb McLaughlin as Sir Grant Rayburn
- Ida Lupino as Jill Rayburn
- John Batten as Tom
- Abraham Sofaer as Myers
- D. A. Clarke-Smith as Dodman
- John H. Roberts as Ladcock
References
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Шаблон:IMDb title
- High Finance at BFI Film & TV Database
- ↑ Missing Believed Lost British Pictures Article Archive.
- ↑ Chibnall p.272
- Английская Википедия
- 1933 films
- 1933 drama films
- Films directed by George King
- Lost British films
- British black-and-white films
- Films about businesspeople
- British drama films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- Warner Bros. films
- Quota quickies
- Films shot at Teddington Studios
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
