Long Lost Father | |
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![]() Film still with John Barrymore and Alan Mowbray | |
Directed by | Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Screenplay by | Dwight Taylor |
Based on | Long Lost Father 1933 novel by G. B. Stern |
Produced by | Merian C. Cooper Kenneth Macgowan |
Starring | John Barrymore Helen Chandler |
Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Music by | Alberto Columbo Max Steiner Harold Adamson Roy Webb |
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Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Long Lost Father is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring John Barrymore, Helen Chandler, Donald Cook, Alan Mowbray, and Doris Lloyd. It was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack.[1][2] It was based on a 1933 novel of the same title by the British writer Gladys Stern.
Plot summary
[edit]A wastrel father and his long-abandoned daughter find themselves working in the same London nightclub. Gradually they come to bond and repair their broken relationship.
Cast
[edit]- John Barrymore as Carl Bellairs
- Helen Chandler as Lindsey Lane
- Donald Cook as Bill Strong
- Alan Mowbray as Sir Tony Gelding
- Claude King as The Inspector
- E. E. Clive as Spot Hawkins
- Reginald Sharland as Lord Vivian
- Ferdinand Gottschalk as The Lawyer
- Natalie Moorhead as Phyllis Mersey-Royds
- Doris Lloyd as The Blonde Widow
- Phyllis Barry as Party Guest
- Tempe Pigott as Mrs. Gamp - The Old Woman
- Herbert Bunston as the Bishop
- Charles Irwin as Mr. Chisholm
- John Rogers as Mr. Arno
References
[edit]- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute c.1993
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Long Lost Father
External links
[edit]- Long Lost Father at IMDb
- Long Lost Father at AllMovie
- Long Lost Father at the TCM Movie Database
- Long Lost Father at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films