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'The Way of Youth' is a 1934 British crime film directed by Norman Walker and starring Irene Vanbrugh, Aileen Marson and Sebastian Shaw. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.281"Quota quickies" was an alliterative industry-term for British B-films: scripted, filmed, edited, and distributed on a three-week cycle. The filming schedule was very consistent: "arrive at 6am for hair and make-up, then a welcome break for tea [..., which] set you up for the day, which finished at 6pm." Rona Anderson, "Foreword", in Steve Chibnall et al., 'The British 'B' Film' (London: Bloomsbury, 2009),

Premise



A young woman and her army officer fianc fall into heavy debt at a gambling club run by her own estranged grandmother.

Cast



* Irene Vanbrugh as Madame Bonnard

* Aileen Marson as Carol Bonnard

* Sebastian Shaw as Lieut. Alan Marmon

* Henry Victor as M. Sylvestre

* Diana Wilson as Grace Bonnard

* Robert Rendel as Sir Peter Marmon

* Leslie Bradley as Lieut. Burton

References





Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.

* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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