Shadows (1931 film)

1931 film

Shadows

Directed by| Alexander Esway
Written by| Rodney Ackland
Frank Miller
Produced by| Alexander Esway
Starring| Jacqueline Logan
Bernard Nedell
Gordon Harker
Molly Lamont

Production
company

British International Pictures

Distributed by| First National-Pathé Pictures

Release date

* 17 August 1931 (1931-08-17)

Running time

| 57 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Shadows (also known as Press Gang and My Wife's Family) is a 1931 British crime film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Jacqueline Logan, Bernard Nedell and Gordon Harker.[1] The screenplay involves the estranged son of a newspaper owner, who returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.

## Cast

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* Jacqueline Logan as Fay Melville
* Bernard Nedell as Press Rawlinson
* Gordon Harker as Earole
* Derrick De Marney as Peter
* Molly Lamont as Jill Dexter
* D. A. Clarke-Smith as Gruhn
* Wally Patch as Cripps
* Mary Clare as Lily
* Mark Lester as Herb
* Roy Emerton as Captain

## References

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1. ^ BFI.org

## Bibliography

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* Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in the 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. ISBN 978-0-04-791042-5.
* Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

## External links

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* Shadows at IMDb

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Films directed by Alexander Esway

* Herkules Maier (1928)
* Taxi for Two (1929)
* Children of Chance (1930)
* Children of Fortune (1931)
* Shadows (1931)
* Le jugement de minuit (1933)
* Mauvaise graine (1934)
* Music Hath Charms (1935)
* It's a Bet (1935)
* Conquest of the Air (1936)
* Barnabé (1938)
* Hercule (1938)
* Education of a Prince (1938)
* Monsieur Brotonneau (1939)
* Latin Quarter (1939)
* The Man Who Seeks the Truth (1940)
* Steppin' in Society (1945)
* They Are Not Angels (1947)
* The Idol (1948)

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