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{{short description|1930 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The School for Scandal
| image = File:The School for Scandal (1930 film).jpg
| caption = Madeleine Carroll
| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]
| producer = Maurice Elvey
| writer = [[Jean Jay]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| based onbased_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
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| gross =
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'''''The School for Scandal''''' is a 1930 British [[Cinemahistorical of the United Kingdomfilm|Britishhistorical]] [[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/>
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 |accessdateaccess-date=29 June 2014}}</ref>
 
==Cast==
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* [[Madeleine Carroll]] as Lady Teazle
* [[Ian Fleming (actor)|Ian Fleming]] as Joseph Surface
* [[Henry Charles Hewitt (actor)|Henry Hewitt]] as Charles Surface
* Edgar K. Bruce as Sir Oliver Surface
* [[Hayden Coffin]] as Sir Harry Bumper
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* [[Henry Vibart]] as Squire Hunter
* May Agate as Mrs. Candour
* [[Maurice Braddell]] as Careless
* [[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==
{{reflist}}
 
==Bibliography==
* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
 
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120803093110/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/school-for-scandal.html BFI 75 Most Wanted entry], with extensive notes
*{{IMDb title|0021338}}
 
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[[Category:1930 films]]
[[Category:1930s comedycolor films]]
[[Category:British1930 lost films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:FilmsBritish films based on plays]]
[[Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey]]
[[Category:Lost British films]]
[[Category:BritishLost 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 British International Pictures Studios]]
[[Category:Paramount Pictures films]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]
 
 
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