Autumn Crocus (film)
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| Directed by | Basil Dean |
| Produced by | Basil Dean |
| Written by |
Dodie Smith (play) Dorothy Farnum Basil Dean |
| Starring |
Ivor Novello Fay Compton Muriel Aked Esme Church |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
| Cinematography | Robert Martin |
| Edited by | Walter S. Stern |
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| Distributed by | Associated British |
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Release date
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February 1934 |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Autumn Crocus is a 1934 British romance film directed by Basil Dean and starring Ivor Novello, Fay Compton and Muriel Aked. The film follows a teacher who falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria. It was based on Dodie Smith's first play Autumn Crocus, previously a West End hit for director Basil Dean. The film was made at Ealing Studios, with art direction by Edward Carrick. It was the final film appearance of its star, Ivor Novello. A contemporary reviewer wrote, "Novello's schoolboy knees under his Tyrolean shorts make the audience, if not the players, feel bashful".
The New York Times wrote, "the wistful romance of the fading English schoolmistress and the cheerful Tyrolean inn-keeper drags in its telling, and this in the face of the presence of Fay Compton and Ivor Novello in the principal rôles and of Basil Dean's direction."
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