Caste is a 1930 British drama film directed by Campbell Gullan and starring Hermione Baddeley, Nora Swinburne and Alan Napier. It was made at Walton Studios.[1] Michael Powell worked on the screenplay and (uncredited) was involved with the technical side of direction.[2]

Caste
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Directed byCampbell Gullan
Screenplay byMichael Powell
Based onthe play Caste by T.W. Robertson
Produced byJerome Jackson
StarringHermione Baddeley
Nora Swinburne
Alan Napier
Production
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Harry Rowson Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • September 1930 (1930-09)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Critical reception

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Film historian Geoff Brown writes, "most of the film’s enlivening spice comes from the jolting surprises of tone and manner as Gullan’s cast and Powell’s visuals glide or lurch through a scenario pleasingly punctured with camera trackings, lively spots of audiovisual montage and dramatically piquant closeups. (Watch for the carefully judged shots of hands delivering and receiving a crucial telegram regarding D’Alroy’s fate.)...the film is not a fossil; it is a lively embryo, and the first important step towards Powell’s future."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wood p.69
  2. ^ "Michael Powell Discovery: Caste (35mm)". The Cinema Museum. September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. ^ ""Where did you get this old fossil?": Michael Powell's first film Caste rediscovered - Sight & Sound". 20 October 2017.

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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