The Midas Touch (1940 film)

The Midas Touch
Directed byDavid MacDonald
Written by
Based onThe Midas Touch by Margaret Kennedy
Produced bySamuel Sax
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byBert Bates
Music byBretton Byrd
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • 4 May 1940 (1940-05-04)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£20,480[1]
Box office£15,726[1]

The Midas Touch is a 1940 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly, Frank Cellier and Bertha Belmore.[2] It is an adaptation of the 1938 novel of the same title by Margaret Kennedy.[3]

It was made as a second feature at Teddington Studios by Warner Brothers. The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold.

Cast

References

  1. ^ 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, pp 687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 713
  2. ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.3
  3. ^ Goble p.256

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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