Talk:The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

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Release date

The infobox (which was added by Bensin in 2009) shows a (presumably UK) release date of 27 April 1935, but without a source for this date. IMDb, which is not a trusted source, shows 14 Nov 1935 in London, 27 April 1936 (not 1935) in UK, and 15 Oct 1936 in USA. Ref 1 indicates Australia release planned for early 1936. Ref 2 says release 1935 (presumably UK), Refs 3 and 4 don't help.

I suspect the infobox is incorrect, and that IMDb's date of 14 Nov 1935 is correct, supporting an Australian release in early 1936. Does anyone have any sources to settle this? Masato.harada (talk) 13:13, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I can confirm that the release date in the change I made here used IMDb as a source. Near the time of my edit the release date on IMDb was "27 April 1935 (UK)", see archived copy of film entry at IMDb here. It was updated to "15 October 1936 (USA)" in the next archived copy of the page here. If you find a more reliable source, please update this article. --Bensin (talk) 20:19, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. To deepen the confusion, the British Board of Film Classification website has no entry for The Mystery of the Mary Celeste, but the entry here does show Phantom Ship, classified 21/02/1936, which is another date to add to the mix. Masato.harada (talk) 14:12, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Masato is correct. The film was trade premiered at the Prince Edward theater on Nov. 14 1935, but it only went into general release in England on April 27, 1936. Both Variety (12/4/35) and Today's Cinema (11/16 35) reviewed the film upon its November trade premiere, but the film's actual release date was April 27, 1936. (Lugosi's scenes were only finished filming in mid-August, 1935, at which time he returned to America.) It was released in the US much later on February 15, 1937, in a slightly edited form, retitled The Phantom Ship.^[1]

^ Johnson, Tom (1996). Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. North Carolina: McFarland. p. 25. ISBN 0-7864-0034-X.

[1] Johnson, Tom (1996). Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. North Carolina: McFarland. p. 25. ISBN 0-7864-0034-X.

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