Green Light (1937 film)
Green Light | |
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Directed by | Frank Borzage |
Screenplay by | Milton Krims Paul Green |
Based on | Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas |
Produced by | Frank Borzage |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Byron Haskin |
Edited by | James Gibbon |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $513,000[1][2] |
Box office | $1.7 million[2] |
Green Light is a 1937 American
Plot
Cast
- Errol Flynn as Dr. Newel Paige
- Anita Louise as Phyllis Dexter
- Margaret Lindsay as Frances Ogilvie
- Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Dean Harcourt
- Walter Abel as John Stafford
- Spring Byington as Mrs. Dexter
- Henry O'Neill as Dr. Endicott
- Erin O'Brien-Moore as Pat Arlen
- Henry Kolker as Dr. Lane
- Pierre Watkin as Dr. Booth
- Granville Bates as Sheriff
- St. Luke's Choristers
Production
After starring in two swashbuckling films before this; Captain Blood and The Charge of the Light Brigade Flynn had asked Warner Brothers for a regular non-swashbuckling role and this film was the result. However, after this Flynn's next film was The Prince and the Pauper.
Originally Warner Brothers announced that
Release
Box office
Released theatrically on February 20, 1937,[10] Green Light was popular at the U.S. box office.[11] According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $1,254,000 domestically and $416,000 foreign, making it the studio's second most popular film of 1937 (the first was The Prince and the Pauper).[2] After completion of the film, Flynn was meant to start in The White Rajah, a biopic of Sir James Brooke based on a script by the actor himself.[12] However this did not eventuate.
Home media
The
References
- ^ Glancy, H. Mark. (March 1995). "Warner Bros film grosses, 1921–51". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.
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- ^ "The Green Light". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (November 10, 2019). "The Films of Errol Flynn: Part 2 The Golden Years". Filmink.
- ^ Bell, Nelson B. (November 2, 1935). "With Production Schedules Nearing Completion, Film Makers Plan Season Ahead: Major Studios Establish New Speed Records Warners Are Out in Front; Illness Lays Stars Low; Notes of Playhouses". The Washington Post. p. 6.
- ^ "Leslie Howard Is Ill". The New York Times. July 9, 1935. p. 24.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (June 3, 1936). "James Dunn Going to Sea in Classic Story, "Two Years Before the Mast": Other Players Cast in Important Roles Ernst Lubitsch Begins Organization of His Film Unit; Virginia Bruce to Appear in "Born to Dance; Young Going Abroad". Los Angeles Times. p. A19.
- ^ "NEWS OF THE SCREEN: THE WARNERS LAUGH LAST -- THE DAVIS IMBROGLIO -PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT -- ONE OPENING TODAY". The New York Times. July 4, 1936. p. 18.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (July 11, 1936). "'Directed by Mary Pickford~' Credit Line Slated for Theater Marquees: Star-Producer Will Favor Child Themes Peggy Conklin Cast in "Devil Is a Sissy;' Ratoff Adds Supervision to Other Jobs; Two Charmers for Errol Flynn in Next". Los Angeles Times. p. A7.
- ^ "Green Light". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ "Tony Thomas, Rudy Behlmer * Clifford McCarty, The Films of Errol Flynn, Citadel Press, 1969 p 52".
- ^ "NEWS OF THE SCREEN: GABLE AND SHEARER FOR 'PRIDE OR PREJUDICE' -- HAWAIIAN SETTING FOR BING CROSBY FILM". New York Times. Sep 1, 1936. p. 24.
- ^ "Green Light (1937) Releases". AllMovie. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023.
External links
- Green Light at IMDb
- Green Light at the TCM Movie Database
- Green Light at AllMovie
- Green Light at the American Film Institute Catalog