Strawberry Roan (1945 film)
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| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
| Written by | Elizabeth Baron |
| Based on | Strawberry Roan by A. G. Street |
| Starring | William Hartnell Carol Raye |
| Music by | John D. Broadhouse Mabel Buchanan |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Grace Garland |
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British National Films
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84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Strawberry Roan is a 1945 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring William Hartnell and Carol Raye. The screenplay was developed from the then-popular 1932 novel of the same name by Wiltshire author A. G. Street.
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Plot
Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly, a dancer. Despite being a city girl, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. In an attempt to ease her into farm life, Chris buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after, but she shows no interest in it, preferring to concentrate on a life of shopping, parties and generally gadding about with Chris. Being much in love and enjoying her company, he goes along with it, but it causes him to give less and less of his attention to the farm business. After one of his friends brings this home to him, he tells Molly that the farm is in financial difficulties and that things will have to change and she must accept that his first priority must be the business. She becomes upset and takes off on her horse, riding wildly until she suffers a fall. She manages to get back home but does not tell Chris about the fall. Later, she collapses and is taken to hospital where, despite an operation, she dies. Despite his friend offering to finance the farm so he can carry on, Chris decides to sell up his house and farm so that he can clear his debts, and then leave, but eventually his friends persuade him to stay on and take up the offer of a position as farm manager on what was his farm for the new owner.
Cast
- William Hartnell (credited as Billy Hartnell) as Chris Lowe
- Carol Raye as Molly Lowe
- Walter Fitzgerald as Morley
- Sophie Stewart as Mrs. Morley
- Wylie Watson as Bill Gurd
- Petula Clark as Emily
- Joan Maude as Gladys Moon
- Norman Shelley as Dr. Lambert
- John Ruddock as Dibben
- Joan Young as Mrs. Dibben
- Ellis Irving as Auctioneer
- Kynaston Reeves as Dealer
Reception
The film received mixed reviews, with Today's Cinema commenting: "While the author's theme may not emerge with any great power or clarity...the charming rural backgrounds invest the picture with a quality of comparative originality". The Motion Picture Herald reviewer was less pleased, writing: "Praiseworthy in its aim, but just lacking in ultimate achievement...there's an uneasiness, a jumpiness about it all".[1]
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- Strawberry Roan at BFI
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Strawberry Roan at IMDb
- Strawberry Roan at AllMovie
- Review of film at Variety
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