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Warning to Wantons

1949 British film

Warning to Wantons is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Donald Wilson and starring Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon and David Tomlinson.[2]

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The screenplay, written by art historian James Laver and the director, was based upon Mary Mitchell's 1934 novel A Warning to Wantons, subtitled 'A fantastic romance - setting forth the not undeserved but awful fate which befell a minx'.[3]

The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection.

Premise

A young woman escapes her strict convent school and enters high society, where she has the time of her life.

Cast

Credited

Uncredited

  • Stanley Ratcliffe as Baroud
  • Aletha Orr as Mrs. Budd
  • Claud Frederic as Padara
  • Ida Patlanski as Mrs. Padera
  • Olwen Brookes as Mdme. Bertrand
  • Kenneth Firth as Achille
  • John Warren (actor) as Grobner
  • Mela White as Madeleine
  • Alexander Field as Woodman
  • Betty Thomas as Hortense
  • Frank Cochrane as Gaston
  • Nancy Roberts as Mother Superior
  • Grace Denbigh Russell as Nurse
  • Margaret Damer as 1st Nun
  • Harriet Petworth as 2nd Nun
  • Michael Balzagette as Ticket Collector
  • Patricia Davidson as 1st Maid
  • David Keir as Concierge
  • Herbert C. Walton as Quarry Peasant
  • Peter Faber as Page
  • Pauline Loring as 1st Female Relative
  • Vincent Ball as Earl (Footman)

Production

It was the first of four films produced by Donald Wilson using prefabricated sets to keep costs down. Filming took six weeks.[1]

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film a "A spirited romantic comedy," and rated it two out of four stars.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "First of the 'prefabs'". Daily Mail. 5 January 1949. p. 4.
  2. [2]
    BFI.org
  3. [3]
    Mary Mitchell (1934). A Warning to Wantons. London: William Heinemann Ltd.
  4. [4]
    "A Warning To Wantons". TVGuide.com.
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