Yellow Canary, The
- Synopsis
- Feature film. Anna Neagle is a supposed Nazi sympathiser who is really British to the core and helps foil a German plot to blow up a harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The film opens with two British air-raid wardens discussing the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy. One of them ties Shakespeare to the Blitz by quoting the lines from The Tempest beginning ‘be not afeared, the isle is full of noises’ (III ii).
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1943
- Duration
- 98 mins; 8,815 feet
Credits
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
- Producer
- Herbert Wilcox
- Cinematographer
- Mutz Greenbaum
- Screenplay
- Miles Malleson
- Music
- Clifford Parker
- Cast
Anna Neagle Sally Maitland Richard Greene Jim Garrick
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Tempest, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Authorship
Notes
- Reviews
- `The impossibility of being fooled even for a moment by the central premise kills a dreary film’ (McKernan & Terris, Walking Shadows: Shakespeare in the National Film and Television Archive. (London:bfi, 1994). p163.
Production Company
- Name
Imperator
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Yellow Canary, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36903 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)