Bitter Sweet (1933 film)

Bitter Sweet

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Written by Play:
Noël Coward
Screenplay:
Lydia Hayward
Monckton Hoffe
Herbert Wilcox
Starring Anna Neagle
Fernand Gravey
Esme Percy
Clifford Heatherley
Ivy St. Helier
Music by Roy Robertson
Cinematography Freddie Young
Edited by Michael Hankinson
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
August 31, 1933
Running time
93 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Box office £500,000[1]

Bitter Sweet is a musical romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and released by United Artists in 1933. It was the first film adaptation of Noël Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. It starred Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravey, with Ivy St. Helier reviving her stage role as Manon. It was made at Elstree Studios and was part of a boom in operetta films during the 1930s.

It tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance. Sarah, now a gray-haired old woman, tells her story to a girl who is on the eve of marrying an obnoxious man when she is really in love with a musician.[2]

The operetta was remade in 1940 as a film of the same name with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, however, it was less faithful to the original story than the 1933 version.[3]

Cast

References

  1. Elstree Versus Hollywood Film Citadel Challenged By Recent British Productions The Times of India (1861-current) [New Delhi, India] 18 Nov 1933: 18.
  2. Hall, Mordaunt (1933-08-24). "Movie Review - Bitter Sweet - Many Stars of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Firmament In the Film Version of "Dinner at Eight." - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. "Bitter Sweet (1940)". Jeanettemacdonaldandnelsoneddy.com. Retrieved 2012-01-16.

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