Thursday's Child (1943 film)
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Directed by | Rodney Ackland |
Produced by | John Argyle |
Written by | Rodney Ackland Donald Macardle |
Starring | Sally Ann Howes Stewart Granger Wilfrid Lawson |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
Edited by | Flora Newton |
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81 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Thursday's Child is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, drama, directed by Rodney Ackland and starring Ronald Shiner as Joe, Stewart Granger and Wilfrid Lawson.[1] It was produced by John Argyle and Associated British Picture Corporation.
Synopsis
A young girl, Fennis Wilson (Sally Ann Howes), is cast in a film, launching her career to stardom, the very thing her older sister desperately wants. Stardom is the furthest thing from 12-year-old Fennis' goals in life, as she's more introspective and intellectual. When the hit - film falls in her lap, it creates tension in the family that threatens to tear the family apart, while Fennis just wants everyone to be happy, especially herself. As usual, Ronald Shiner's character (Joe) plays a decisive role
Casting
Thursday's Child was the first film for Howes. It was written and directed by Rodney Ackland, who was a neighbor of hers. Howes auditioned and was chosen for the part after over two hundred auditions of other girls.
Cast
- Sally Ann Howes as Fennis Wilson
- Wilfrid Lawson as Frank Wilson
- Kathleen O'Regan as Ellen Wilson
- Stewart Granger as David Penley
- Eileen Bennett as Phoebe Wilson
- Marianne Davis as Gloria Dewey
- Gerhard Kempinski as Rudi Kauffmann
- Felix Aylmer as Mr. Keith
- Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Chard
- Vera Bogetti as Madame Felicia
- Percy Walsh as Charles Lennox
- Michael Allen as Jim Wilson
- Margaret Drummond as Wendy Keith
- Ronald Shiner as Joe
- Anthony Holles as Roy Todd
References
External links
- Thursday's Child at AllMovie
- Thursday's Child at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Thursday's Child at IMDb
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