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| name = The Peterville Diamond
| name = The Peterville Diamond
| image = The_Peterville_Diamond_(1942_film).jpg
| image = The_Peterville_Diamond_(1942_film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Spanish poster
| caption = Spanish poster
| director = [[Walter Forde]]
| director = [[Walter Forde]]
| producer = Max Milner
| producer = Max Milner
| writer = [[Ladislas Fodor]] (play) <br> [[Gordon Wellesley]] <br> [[Brock Williams (screenwriter)|Brock Williams]]
| writer = {{ubl|[[Brock Williams (screenwriter)|Brock Williams]]|[[Gordon Wellesley]]}}
| based_on = {{based on|''Jewel Robbery''<br>1931 play|[[Ladislas Fodor]]}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&q=the+peterville+diamond+literary+sources+in+film&pg=PA161|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|first=Alan|last=Goble|date=8 September 2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110951943|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| narrator =
| starring = [[Anne Crawford]] <br> [[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]] <br> [[Renee Houston]] <br> [[Oliver Wakefield]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Anne Crawford]]|[[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]]|[[Renée Houston]]|[[Oliver Wakefield]]}}
| music = [[Jack Beaver]]
| music = [[Jack Beaver]]
| cinematography = [[Basil Emmott]]
| cinematography = [[Basil Emmott]]
| editing = [[Terence Fisher]]
| editing = [[Terence Fisher]]
| studio = [[Warner Brothers]]
| studio = [[Warner Bros.]]
| distributor = Warner Brothers
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released = 1942
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1943|01|11|UK}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = £62,076<ref name="warners">Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4,
| budget =
687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 714</ref>
| gross =
| gross = £27,740<ref name="warners"/>
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website =
}}
}}
'''''The Peterville Diamond''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Anne Crawford]], [[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]] and [[Renee Houston]].<ref>https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-peterville-diamond-v132390</ref> It is also known by the [[alternative title]] '''''Jewel Robbery'''''.<ref name=bfi/>
'''''The Peterville Diamond''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Anne Crawford]], [[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]] and [[Renée Houston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-peterville-diamond-v132390|title=The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> It is also known by the [[alternative title]] '''''Jewel Robbery'''''.<ref name=bfi/> - from the 1931 play of the same title; previously [[Jewel Robbery|filmed in Hollywood in 1932]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VEBzCwAAQBAJ&q=Jewel+Robbery+1932+Ladislas+Fodor&pg=PT157|title=Screening Vienna: The City of Dreams in English-Language Cinema and Television|first=Timothy K.|last=Conley|date=4 January 2016|publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=9781621967163|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Premise==
==Plot==
In an effort to get her businessman husband to listen to her, a wife feigns interest in the famed Peterville Diamond. After a charming thief steals it from her, shenanigans, double-dealing and finally a chase, ensue.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46267|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113222029/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46267|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=The Peterville Diamond (1942)|publisher=}}</ref>
A thief tries to steal a diamond from the wife of a wealthy businessman, at her suggestion in an effort to get her husband to pay her more attention.<ref name=bfi>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46267</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Anne Crawford]] as Teri Mortimer
* [[Anne Crawford]] as Teri Mortimer
* [[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]] as Charles Mortimer
* [[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]] as Charles Mortimer
* [[Renee Houston]] as Lady Margaret
* [[Renée Houston]] as Lady Margaret
* [[Oliver Wakefield]] as Baron Redburn
* [[Oliver Wakefield]] as Baron Redburn
* [[Charles Heslop]] as Dilfallow
* [[Charles Heslop]] as Dilfallow
* [[William Hartnell]] as Joseph
* [[William Hartnell]] as Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)
* [[Felix Aylmer]] as President
* [[Felix Aylmer]] as President
* [[Charles Victor]] as Dan
* [[Charles Victor]] as Dan
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* Paul Sheridan as Luis
* Paul Sheridan as Luis
* [[Jeremy Hawk]] as Pierre
* [[Jeremy Hawk]] as Pierre
* Julian Somers as Andre
* [[Julian Somers]] as Andre
* [[Rosamund Greenwood]] as Miss Geach
* [[Rosamund Greenwood]] as Miss Geach
* Billy Holland as First Detective Inspector
* Billy Holland as First Detective Inspector
* Noel Dainton as Second Detective Inspector
* Noel Dainton as Second Detective Inspector
* Leo de Pokorny as Receptionist
* Leo de Pokorny as Receptionist
}}


==Production==
==Production==
The film was based on a play by [[Ladislas Fodor]] and adapted by [[Gordon Wellesley]]. It was made at [[Teddington Studios]] by the British subsidiary of [[Warner Brothers]]. The film's sets were by the resident [[art director]] [[Norman Arnold]].
[[Ladislas Fodor]]'s play was adapted for the screen by [[Gordon Wellesley]] and [[Brock Williams (screenwriter)|Brock Williams]]. It was made at [[Teddington Studios]] by the British subsidiary of [[Warner Brothers]]. The film's sets were by the resident [[art director]] [[Norman Arnold]].<ref name=bfi/>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "An enjoyable light comedy with some witty repartee."<ref>https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-peterville-diamond/review/109102/</ref> while ''[[Allmovie]]'' thought it "Not a great film," however "still a much, much better film than one would expect from something which was filmed merely as a 'quota quickie.'"<ref>https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-peterville-diamond-v132390/review</ref>
''[[TV Guide]]'' gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "An enjoyable light comedy with some witty repartee."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-peterville-diamond/review/109102/|title=The Peterville Diamond - TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> while ''[[Allmovie]]'' thought it "Not a great film," however "still a much, much better film than one would expect from something which was filmed merely as a '[[Cinematograph Films Act 1927#Quota quickie|quota quickie]].'"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-peterville-diamond-v132390/review|title=The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Review - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 11:06, 22 December 2024

The Peterville Diamond
Spanish poster
Directed byWalter Forde
Written by
Based onJewel Robbery
1931 play
by Ladislas Fodor[1]
Produced byMax Milner
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byTerence Fisher
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 11 January 1943 (1943-01-11) (UK)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£62,076[2]
Box office£27,740[2]

The Peterville Diamond is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart and Renée Houston.[3] It is also known by the alternative title Jewel Robbery.[4] - from the 1931 play of the same title; previously filmed in Hollywood in 1932.[5]

Plot

[edit]

In an effort to get her businessman husband to listen to her, a wife feigns interest in the famed Peterville Diamond. After a charming thief steals it from her, shenanigans, double-dealing and finally a chase, ensue.[4]

Cast

[edit]

Production

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Ladislas Fodor's play was adapted for the screen by Gordon Wellesley and Brock Williams. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. The film's sets were by the resident art director Norman Arnold.[4]

Critical reception

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TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "An enjoyable light comedy with some witty repartee."[6] while Allmovie thought it "Not a great film," however "still a much, much better film than one would expect from something which was filmed merely as a 'quota quickie.'"[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4, 687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 714
  3. ^ "The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ a b c "The Peterville Diamond (1942)". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  5. ^ Conley, Timothy K. (4 January 2016). Screening Vienna: The City of Dreams in English-Language Cinema and Television. Cambria Press. ISBN 9781621967163 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The Peterville Diamond - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  7. ^ "The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Review - AllMovie". AllMovie.

Bibliography

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  • Hutchings, Peter. Terence Fisher. Manchester University Press, 2001.
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