Love Story

Alternative title

Lady Surrenders, A

Synopsis

Feature film. A romantic weepie concerning the love affair between a dying concert pianist and a half-blind pilot. The third member of the love triangle (Roc) is involved in rehearsals for a production of The Tempest at Cornwall’s open-air Minack Theatre. Scenes from these rehearsals appear throughout the film.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1944

Duration

113 mins; 10,133 feet

Credits

Director

Leslie Arliss

Producer

Harold Huth

Cinematographer

Bernard Knowles

Screenplay

Doreen Montgomery; Leslie Arliss; Rodney Ackland

Music

Hubert Bath

Cast

Vincent Holman	Prospero
Joan Rees	Ariel
Margaret Lockwood	Lissa Cambell
Patricia Roc	Judy Martin
Stewart Granger	Kit Firth

Additional Details

Theatre

Minack Theatre

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Tempest, The

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; Open-air theatre

Production Company

Name

Gainsborough Pictures

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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