Under the Greenwood Tree (1929 film)

Under the Greenwood Tree
Under the Greenwood Tree
Directed by	Harry Lachman
Written by	Monckton Hoffe; Harry Lachman; Frank Launder; Rex Taylor
Based on	Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Starring	Marguerite Allan; Nigel Barrie; Wilfred Shine
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Emile de Ruelle
Music by	Hubert Bath; John Reynders
Production; company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	5 September 1929;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie); English

Under the Greenwood Tree is a 1929 British sound part-talkie historical drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Marguerite Allan, Nigel Barrie and Wilfred Shine. It is an adaptation of the 1872 novel Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy.

Production and release

The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold. It was made at Elstree Studios by the leading British company of the era British International Pictures.^[1] It was originally intended to be a silent film, but following the arrival of sound, songs and dialogue were added using the RCA system. It was released in September 1929, around the same time as The American Prisoner, both films following on from the company's first sound release, Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail, in June.^[2]

A review in Close Up suggested it "has perhaps the best direction yet produced from a British studio".^[3]

Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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