Breakers Ahead (1935 film)
| Breakers Ahead | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anthony Gilkison |
| Written by | Anthony Gilkison |
| Produced by | Fraser Foulsham |
| Starring | Barry Livesey Roddy Hughes Cicely Oates |
| Music by | Charles Cowlrick Hubert Bath |
Production company | Anglo-Cosmopolitan Productions |
| Distributed by | Reunion Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Breakers Ahead is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Gilkison and starring Barry Livesey, Roddy Hughes and Cicely Oates.[1] It was produced at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie and is also known by the alternative title The Lady of Pendower.[2] It included scenes of Cornish wrestling featuring Francis Gregory.
Scenes were shot at St Winwaloe's Church, Gunwalloe and Gwithian Sands and hundreds of local people from Penzance were used as extras.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]In Cornwall two fishermen are bitter rivals. One unsuccessfully tries to drown another. However he later redeems himself by saving the other during a storm at the cost of his own life.
Cast
[edit]- Barry Livesey as George Kenyon
- April Vivian as Stella Trevarthon
- Billy Holland as Bob Pentreath
- Roddy Hughes as Will
- Cicely Oates as Aunt Martha
- Richard Worth as Skipper
- Francis Gregory as Champion Cornish wrestler[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Wood p.81
- ^ Chibnall p.282
- ^ "Film-making in Cornwall: Wedding Scene in Gunwalloe Church". The West Briton. 5 July 1934. p. 13. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cornish wrestling in Lady of Pendower, Kinematograph Weekly, 28 June 1934, p37-38.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
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