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Little Friend (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Little Friend' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and starring Matheson Lang, Nova Pilbeam and Lydia Sherwood.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114023303/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40414 BFI Database entry] The film was based on a novel by Ernst Lothar and adapted for the screen by Margaret Kennedy and Christopher Isherwood.Fryer, p. 140
Plot summary
A young girl (Pilbeam) slowly becomes aware that her parents' marriage is disintegrating.
Cast
* Matheson Lang ... John Hughes
* Lydia Sherwood ... Helen Hughes
* Nova Pilbeam ... Felicity Hughes
* Arthur Margetson ... Hilliard
* Jean Cadell ... Miss Drew
* Jimmy Hanley ... Leonard Parry
* Gibb McLaughlin ... Thompson
* Diana Cotton ... Maud
* Cecil Parker ... Mason
* Clare Greet ... Mrs. Parry
* Jack Raine ... Jeffries
* Finlay Currie ... Grove
* Robert Nainby ... Uncle Ned
* Atholl Fleming ... Shepherd
* Basil Goth ... Doctor
* Charles Childerstone ... Solicitor
* Gerald Kent ... Butler
* Allan Aynesworth ... Col. Amberley
* Lewis Casson ... Judge
* Fritz Kortner ... Giant
* Hughie Green ... Boy
'Prater Violet'
Christopher Isherwood based his novel 'Prater Violet' (1945) on his experience of working with Viertel and others on the production of 'Little Friend'.Fryer, p. 210
References
Bibliography
* Jonathan Fryer, 'Isherwood: A Biography' (Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1977)
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