The Water Gipsies (film)

The Water Gipsies
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Produced by	Basil Dean
Written by	A.P. Herbert (novel) Miles Malleson Alma Reville John Paddy Carstairs Basil Dean
Starring	Ann Todd Sari Maritza Ian Hunter
Music by	Vivian Ellis Ernest Irving
Cinematography	Robert De Grasse Robert Martin
Edited by	Otto Ludwig
Production company	Associated Talking Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release dates	7 November 1932 (1932-11-07)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Water Gipsies is a 1932 British, low-budget "quota quickie"^[1] drama film made at Ealing Studios. Directed by Maurice Elvey, it starred Ann Todd, Sari Maritza and Ian Hunter.^[2] It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel The Water Gipsies by A.P. Herbert. The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios. Vivian Ellis worked as the film's composer, and later used some of the music in the 1955 stage musical adaptation of the novel.

Cast

Ann Todd as Jane Bell
Sari Maritza as Lily Bell
Ian Hunter as Fred Green
Peter Hannen as Bryan
Richard Bird as Ernest
Frances Doble as Fay
Anthony Ireland as Moss
Barbara Gott as Mrs Green
Moore Marriott as Mr Pewtar
Harold Scott as Mr Bell
Charles Garry as Mr Green
Betty Shale as Mrs Higgins

References

↑ Matthew Sweet (2 January 2007). "Fancy a quickie?". The Guardian.
↑ "The Water Gipsies (1932)". British Film Institute.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

Silent films	Maria Marten (1913) Her Luck in London (1914) The Idol of Paris (1914) The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914) The Suicide Club (1914) Honeymoon for Three (1915) Home (1915) A Will of Her Own (1915) There's Good in Everyone (1915) Charity Ann (1915) Florence Nightingale (1915) Gilbert Dying to Die (1915) Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915) Love in a Wood (1915) Her Nameless Child (1915) From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915) Midshipman Easy (1915) Fine Feathers (1915) Money for Nothing (1916) Trouble for Nothing (1916) Driven (1916) Esther (1916) When Knights Were Bold (1916) Vice Versa (1916) Meg the Lady (1916) The King's Daughter (1916) The Princess of Happy Chance (1916) Mother Love (1916) The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917) The Grit of a Jew (1917) Smith (1917) Justice (1917) The Gay Lord Quex (1917) Flames (1917) Mary Girl (1917) Dombey and Son (1917) The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) Hindle Wakes (1918) Nelson (1918) The Greatest Wish in the World (1918) Goodbye (1918) Adam Bede (1918) The Victory Leaders (1919) Comradeship (1919) God's Good Man (1919) Mr. Wu (1919) The Elusive Pimpernel (1919) Quinneys (1919) The Rocks of Valpre (1919) Keeper of the Door (1919) The Swindler (1919) The Tavern Knight (1920) A Question of Trust (1920) At the Villa Rose (1920) The Hundredth Chance (1920) The Amateur Gentleman (1920) Bleak House (1920) A Gentleman of France (1921) A Romance of Wastdale (1921) Innocent (1921) The Fruitful Vine (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922) A Debt of Honour (1922) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1922) Running Water (1922) Guy Fawkes (1923) The Royal Oak (1923) The Wandering Jew (1923) The Sign of Four (1923) The Passionate Friends (1923) Don Quixote (1923) Sally Bishop (1924) Henry, King of Navarre (1924) Slaves of Destiny (1924) The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924) My Husband's Wives (1924) The Woman Tempted (1926) The Flag Lieutenant (1926) Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926) Roses of Picardy (1927) Hindle Wakes (1927) The Flight Commander (1927) Quinneys (1927) The Glad Eye (1927) Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928) Balaclava (1928) Palais de danse (1928) You Know What Sailors Are (1928) High Treason (1929)

Sound films	The School for Scandal (1930) Potiphar's Wife (1931) Sally in Our Alley (1931) A Honeymoon Adventure (1931) Frail Women (1932) In a Monastery Garden (1932) The Marriage Bond (1932) The Water Gipsies (1932) Diamond Cut Diamond (1932) The Lodger (1932) The Lost Chord (1933) I Lived with You (1933) This Week of Grace (1933) Soldiers of the King (1933) Love, Life and Laughter (1934) Road House (1934) Lily of Killarney (1934) The Clairvoyant (1935) The Tunnel (1935) Heat Wave (1935) Spy of Napoleon (1936) The Man in the Mirror (1936) A Romance in Flanders (1937) Who Killed John Savage? (1937) Melody and Romance (1937) Change for a Sovereign (1937) Lightning Conductor (1938) Who Goes Next? (1938) The Return of the Frog (1938) Sword of Honour (1939) Sons of the Sea (1939) Under Your Hat (1940) The Spider (1940) For Freedom (1940) Room for Two (1940) Salute John Citizen (1942) The Lamp Still Burns (1943) Medal for the General (1944) Strawberry Roan (1945) Beware of Pity (1946) The Third Visitor (1951) The Late Edwina Black (1951) My Wife's Lodger (1952) The Great Game (1953) Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) House of Blackmail (1953) The Harassed Hero (1954) What Every Woman Wants (1954) The Gay Dog (1954) You Lucky People (1955) Room in the House (1955) Fun at St. Fanny's (1956) Dry Rot (1956) Stars in Your Eyes (1956) Second Fiddle (1957)

External links

The Water Gipsies at the Internet Movie Database

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