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Line 11: \| story = \| based_on = {{based on\|play ''[[The School for Scandal]]''\|[[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]}} \| starring = [[Basil Gill]]<br />[[Madeleine Carroll]]<br />[[Ian Fleming (actor)\|Ian Fleming]]<br />[[Henry Charles Hewitt (actor)\|Henry Hewitt]] \| music = \| cinematography = [[Henry Harris (cinematographer)\|Henry Harris]] <br /> [[Bernard Knowles]] \| editing = Thorold Dickinson \| studio = Albion Films \| distributor = [[Paramount British Pictures]] \| released = {{Film date\|1930\|9\|5\|\|df=y}} \| runtime = 76 minutes Line 24: \| gross = }} '''''The School for Scandal''''' is a 1930 British [[historical film\|historical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Thorold Dickinson]] and [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Basil Gill]], [[Madeleine Carroll]] and [[Ian Fleming (actor)\|Ian Fleming]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49665 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114023601/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49665 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=14 January 2009 \|title=The School for Scandal (1930) \|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> It is the first sound film adaptation of [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]'s play ''[[The School for Scandal]]''. It is also the only feature-length film shot using the unsuccessful [[Raycol colour process]], and marked the screen debut of [[Sally Gray]].<ref name=BFI75/~~> It ended up being released as a [[second feature]] and is classified as a [[quota quickie]].<ref>Chibnall p.262</ref~~> The film was shot at the [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)\|Elstree Studios]] of [[British International Pictures]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Lawrence P. Williams]]. It ended up being released as a [[second feature]] and is classified as a [[quota quickie]].<ref>Chibnall p.262</ref> The [[British Film Institute]] has placed it on the [[BFI 75 Most Wanted]] list of [[lost film]]s.<ref name=BFI75>{{cite web \|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/school-for-scandal.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803093110/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/school-for-scandal.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 August 2012 \|title=The School for Scandal / BFI Most Wanted \|publisher=British Film Institute \|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> Line 45 ⟶ 46: * [[Gibb McLaughlin]] as William * [[Wallace Bosco]] as Rawley * [[Sally Gray]] -as Bit Part * [[Rex Harrison]] -as Bit Part * [[Anna Neagle]] -as Bit Part ==See also== * [[List of early color feature films]] ==References== Line 65 ⟶ 69: {{DEFAULTSORT:School for Scandal}} [[Category:1930 films]] [[Category:1930 comedy films]]▼ [[Category:1930s color films]] [[Category:1930 lost films]] [[Category:~~British~~1930s English-language films]] [[Category:English-language films]]▼ [[Category:British films based on plays]] [[Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey]] [[Category:Lost British films]] ~~[[Category:British comedy films]]~~ [[Category:Lost comedy films]] [[Category:British historical comedy films]] [[Category:1930s historical comedy films]] [[Category:Films set in the 18th century]] [[Category:Quota quickies]] [[Category:Films shot at ~~Elstree~~British International Pictures Studios]] ▲[[Category:~~English-language~~Paramount Pictures films]] ▲[[Category:~~1930~~1930s ~~comedy~~British films]] {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub}} ~~{{UK-film-stub}}~~