The Great Barrier

The Great Barrier (1937)

Romance..IN THE BUILDING OF A GREAT EMPIRE! Selected by LIFE MAGAZINE as the PICTURE of the WEEK!

The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date of release
1937-01-02
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama, Action
Director
Milton Rosmer, Geoffrey Barkas

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: British Columbia

The Great Barrier is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer and Antoinette Cellier. The film depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was based on the 1935 novel The Great Divide by Alan Sullivan. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton.

Production

It was one of a series of British Empire-related movies made by Gaumont around this time, others including Rhodes of Africa, The Flying Doctor and Soldiers Three.

The film involved 16 weeks location shooting in Canada.

Barbara Greene was borrowed from Fox. Location filming finished in June 1936.

On 19 May Variety reported production "has been postponed for awhile. Geoffrey Barkis, who was directing, has been replaced by Milton Rosmer, with reason given that Barkis is suffering from a nervous breakdown."

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