Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)

A girl organist is blamed for ousting the village choir.

Date of release
1929-09-05
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Harry Lachman

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Under the Greenwood Tree

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. It was originally intended to be a silent film, but following the arrival of sound, songs and dialogue were added using the RCA system.

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

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