The Forbidden Street

The Forbidden Street (1949)

Britannia Mews

For herself alone...she must answer for what she was and did!

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.

Date of release
1949-03-31
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Jean Negulesco

Casting

Interesting facts

The Forbidden Street is a 1949 British melodrama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Dana Andrews, Maureen O'Hara, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton and A. E. Matthews. Set in Victorian London, it tells the story of a wealthy young woman who marries a poor drunken artist and struggles to make ends meet; after his death, she takes in a lodger, with whom she falls in love. The film is based on the 1946 novel Britannia Mews by Margery Sharp.

Production notes

20th Century Fox bought Margery Sharp's novel in June 1946 for $150,000 plus bonus increments

The film was shot in England using studio funds frozen in Great Britain.

Production Dates: mid-July to mid-October 1948 at London Film Studios, Shepperton, England

The working titles of this film were Britannia Mews and Impulse.

The film was released in Great Britain as Britannia Mews and was originally scheduled to be released in the United States as Affairs of Adelaide.

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