The Lady from the Sea (film)
Encyclopedia
The Lady from the Sea is a British
romance film
directed by Castleton Knight and starring Moore Marriott
, Moya Goya, and Ray Milland
.
A fisherman working off the Goodwin Sands
becomes romantically attached to an upper-class woman. The film was also known as Goodwin Sands. The film was originally released as a silent film
, but was re-released in a sound film
version.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Castleton Knight and starring Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
, Moya Goya, and Ray Milland
Ray Milland
Ray Milland was a Welsh actor and director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend , a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind , the murder-plotting...
.
A fisherman working off the Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands
The Goodwin Sands is a 10-mile-long sand bank in the English Channel, lying six miles east off Deal in Kent, England. The Brake Bank lying shorewards is part of the same geological unit. As the shoals lie close to major shipping channels, more than 2,000 ships are believed to have been wrecked...
becomes romantically attached to an upper-class woman. The film was also known as Goodwin Sands. The film was originally released as a silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
, but was re-released in a sound film
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
version.
Cast
- Moore MarriottMoore MarriottMoore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
- Old Roberts - Mona GoyaMona GoyaMona Goya was a Mexican-born French film actress who rose to fame in the 1930s.-Selected filmography:* The Lady from the Sea * Road to Dishonour * The Price of Things * Juggernaut...
- Claire le Grange - Ray MillandRay MillandRay Milland was a Welsh actor and director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend , a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind , the murder-plotting...
- Tom Roberts - Bruce Gordon - Dick Roberts
- Eugenie Amami - Rose
- Anita Graham - Mrs. Roberts
- Wilfred ShineWilfred Shine-Selected filmography:* The Burgomaster of Stilemonde * The Lady from the Sea * Under the Greenwood Tree * The Loves of Robert Burns * The Bells * The Hound of the Baskervilles...
- Doctor