One More River
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| Directed by | James Whale |
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Carl Laemmle R. C. Sheriff |
| Written by | John Galsworthy (novel) |
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Diana Wynyard Colin Clive Mrs. Patrick Campbell |
| Music by | W. Franke Harling |
| Cinematography | John J. Mescall |
| Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
One More River is a 1934 American drama film directed by James Whale. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starred Colin Clive, Diana Wynyard and stage actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell in one of her very few films. The film marked Jane Wyatt's screen debut. It is based on a 1933 novel by John Galsworthy.
The novel was the conclusion of a trilogy the Nobel Prize-winner conceived as a supplement to his popular "Forsyte Saga," which told of generations of an upper middle class English family through the period when the stability of the Victorian era gave way to the uncertainties and tensions of modernity. Universal snapped up the film rights to this best seller and gave the prestigious project to its star director, James Whale.
Filming from May to July 1934, One More River was one of the first films to be subjected to the exacting censorship of the Production Code Administration under Joseph I. Breen, which took effect in mid-1934.
A trailer to the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.
Clare, Lady Corven (Diana Wynyard) and Sir Gerald Corven (Colin Clive) are to all outward appearances a happily married upper class British couple. But privately, Lady Clare's husband is physically and emotionally abusive toward her, and one day she can take no more, and walks out of the relationship. Clare books passage on a ship, where she is befriended by a kind and handsome young man, Tony Croom (Frank Lawton).
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