The Lady with a Lamp

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This article is about the 1951 film. For the painting, see Miss Nightingale at Scutari, 1854. For the person so nicknamed, see Florence Nightingale.

The Lady with a Lamp
Imperadio Pictures
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 22 October 1951 (1951-10-22) (London)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£151,091 (UK)[1]

The Lady with a Lamp is a 1951 British

drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding and Felix Aylmer.[2] The film depicts the life of Florence Nightingale and her work with wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War. It was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London. Location shooting took place at Cole Green railway station in Hertfordshire and at Lea Hurst, the Nightingale family home, near Matlock in Derbyshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director William C. Andrews. It is based on the 1929 play The Lady with a Lamp by Reginald Berkeley
.

Plot

Illustrating the political complexities the hard-headed nurse had to battle in order to achieve sanitary medical conditions during the Crimean War. Opposed in the uppermost circles of British government because she is "merely" a woman, Florence Nightingale is championed by the Hon. Sidney Herbert (Michael Wilding), minister of war. Herbert pulls strings to allow Nightingale and her nursing staff access to battlefield hospitals, and in so doing changes the course of medical history.[3]

Main cast

Box office

The film was popular at the British box office.[4]

Critical reception

Lord Palmerston. Herbert Wilcox, as always, directs in a plain, straightforward manner."[7]

References

  1. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
  2. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The LADY WITH THE LAMP (1951)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ^ "The Lady with a Lamp (1951) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ^ Thumim, Janet. "The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry". Screen. Vol. 32, no. 3. p. 258.
  5. ^ "The Lady With A Lamp Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Lady with a Lamp, The (1951) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  7. ^ "The Lady with the Lamp". Variety. 31 December 1950. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

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