The First Mrs. Fraser (1932 film)

1932 film

The First Mrs. Fraser

Directed by| Sinclair Hill
Thorold Dickinson
Written by| St. John Ervine (play)
Peter Ellis
Leslie Howard Gordon
Produced by| Louis Zimmerman
Starring| Henry Ainley
Joan Barry
Dorothy Dix
Harold Huth
Cinematography| Gunther Krampf
Edited by| Thorold Dickinson
Music by| Colin Wark

Production
company

Sterling Films

Distributed by| Sterling Films

Release date

* April 1932 (1932-04)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

The First Mrs. Fraser is a 1932 British musical romance film directed by Thorold Dickinson and Sinclair Hill and starring Henry Ainley, Joan Barry and Dorothy Dix. It is an adaptation of the 1929 play The First Mrs. Fraser by St. John Greer Ervine. It was made at Wembley Studios.[1] The sets were designed by J. Elder Wills and Oscar Werndorff.

## Cast

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* Henry Ainley as James Fraser
* Joan Barry as Elsie Fraser
* Dorothy Dix as Janet Fraser
* Harold Huth as Mario
* Richard Cooper as Lord Larne
* Henry Hewitt as Philip Logan
* Gibb McLaughlin as Butler
* Hargrave Pawson as Ninian Fraser
* Millicent Wolf as Mabel
* Ellen Pollock as Maid
* Ivan Brandt as Murdo Fraser
* Oriel Ross as Connie
* Eileen Peel as Ellen Fraser
* Naunton Wayne as Compere
* Frances Day as Night-club Singer
* Billy Cotton as Band Leader

## References

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1. ^ Wood p.74

## Bibliography

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* Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

## External links

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* The First Mrs. Fraser at IMDb

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* The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1921)
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* My Old Dutch (1934)
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* The Cardinal (1936)
* The Gay Adventure (1936)
* Take a Chance (1937)
* Midnight Menace (1937)
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* Follow Your Star (1938)

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Films directed by Thorold Dickinson

* The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
* Java Head (1934)
* The High Command (1937)
* The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
* Gaslight (1940)
* The Prime Minister (1941)
* The Next of Kin (1942)
* Men of Two Worlds (1946)
* The Queen of Spades (1949)
* Secret People (1952)
* Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955)

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