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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)

The Charge of the Light Brigade
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Produced by
uncredited
Screenplay by
Based on original story
by Michel Jacoby
Starring
Music by Max Steiner
Cinematography Sol Polito A.S.C.
Edited by George Amy
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • October 20, 1936 (1936-10-20) (USA)
Running time
115 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,330,000
Box office $1,454,000 (domestic)
$1,928,000 (foreign)

The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff, with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer, from a screenplay by Michael Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, from a story by Michael Jacoby based on the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Sol Polito. Scenes were shot at the following California locations: Lone Pine, Sherwood Lake, Lasky Mesa, Chatsworth and Sonora. The Sierra Nevada mountains were used for the Khyber Pass scenes.

The film starred Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The story is very loosely based on the famous Charge of the Light Brigade that took place during the Crimean War (1853–56). Additionally, the story line seems to include the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

This was the second of eight films in which Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland starred together. The film was remade The Charge of the Light Brigade in 1968 starring Trevor Howard and Vanessa Redgrave.


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