South Riding

South Riding (1938)

Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.

Date of release
1938-08-01
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Victor Saville

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: South Riding
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. It was written by Ian Dalrymple and Donald Bull based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby, and was the film debut of 14-year-old Glynis Johns. The BBC produced a TV adaptation in 2011.

Production

Hugh Stewart who edited it called it "one of the very best scripts ever written".

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