Channel Crossing
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| Directed by | Milton Rosmer |
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| Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
| Edited by | Daniel Birt |
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| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United Kingdom |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
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Channel Crossing is a 1933 British crime film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Matheson Lang, Constance Cummings, Anthony Bushell and Nigel Bruce.[1][2]
Plot
Jacob Van Eeden is a financer who has recently committed a forgery. He is secretly in love with his secretary although she is engaged to Peter. Peter discovers the forgery and Van Eeden throws Peter overboard. Van Eeden realises Marion loves Peter, so arranges Peter's rescue and then commits suicide.
Cast
Production
Emil Jannings was sought for the lead role.[3] This part was also promised to Conrad Veidt but he lost it after reportedly making supportive comments about Hitler.[4]
However Matheson Lang was signed in May 1933 when the film had begun filming second unit.[5]
It was shot partly on location and at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush.[6] The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.
Reception
Kinematograph Weekly wrote "the staging of this film is really quite good, the atmosphere is convincing, and the cast contains a string of well-known names, but there is one fundamental weakness, the story. This piece of artless fiction, on the lines of Rome Express has no near relation to reason or reality, nor is it strong in dramatic values, The entertainment lies mainly in the by-play and detail, and the box-office angles in the intriguing title and the strength of the cast."[7]
Variety called it "another step forward in British film production. The steps consist principally in the matter of detail."[8] An American reviewer for the same magazine wrote "It’s none too original, but fast enough and with pace—practically a new element in British films. New at any rate, since prior to Rome Express which, incidentally, is recalled in this film by several incidents. Matheson Lang as the financier turns in a polished and colorful performance, and Constance Cummings as the secretary is not far behind, except that she doesn’t have nearly as much to do."[9]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BFI | Film & TV Database | CHANNEL CROSSING (1933)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Channel-Crossing - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Channel Crossing". Kinematograph Weekly. 23 March 1933. p. 34.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Politics in business". Variety. 4 July 1933. p. 48.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Matheson Lang for Gaumont". Kinematograph Weekly. 11 May 1933. p. 58.
- ^ Wood p.77
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rome Express". Kinematograph Weekly. 19 October 1933. p. 15.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Channel Crossing". Variety. 31 October 1933. p. 17.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Channel Crossing". Kinematograph Weekly. 29 May 1934. p. 23.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Channel Crossing at IMDbTemplate:Edit at WikidataLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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