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The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal
	Madeleine Carroll
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Jean Jay
Based on	play The School for Scandal; by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Produced by	Maurice Elvey
Starring	Basil Gill; Madeleine Carroll; Ian Fleming; Henry Hewitt
Cinematography	Henry Harris ; Bernard Knowles
Edited by	Thorold Dickinson
Production; company	Albion Films
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	5 September 1930;
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The School for Scandal is a 1930 British historical comedy film directed by Thorold Dickinson and Maurice Elvey and starring Basil Gill, Madeleine Carroll and Ian Fleming.^[1] It is the first sound film adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The School for Scandal. It is also the only feature-length film shot using the unsuccessful Raycol colour process, and marked the screen debut of Sally Gray.^[2] The film was shot at the Elstree Studios of British International Pictures with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams. It ended up being released as a second feature and is classified as a quota quickie.^[3]

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^ "The School for Scandal (1930)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "The School for Scandal / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
^ Chibnall p.262

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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