The Body Vanished

The Body Vanished
The Body Vanished
	Opening titles
Directed by	Walter Tennyson
Written by	Ian Walker
Starring	Anthony Hulme; C. Denier Warren; Ernest Sefton;
Cinematography	Desmond Dickinson
Edited by	Etta Simpson
Production; company	Venture Films
Distributed by	New Realm Pictures
Release date	1939;
Running time	46 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Body Vanished (first shown as The Body Vanishes^{[citation needed]}) is a 1939 British second feature ('B')^[1] crime comedy film directed by Walter Tennyson and starring Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, and Ernest Sefton.^[2] It was written by Ian Walker and was made at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.^[3]

Cast

Anthony Hulme as Rodney Paine
C. Denier Warren as Pip Piper
Ernest Sefton as Sgt. Hopkins
Evelyn Foster as Miss Casson
Frank Atkinson as Hobbleberry
Wilfred Noy as Snelling
Hamilton Keene as Capt. Haller
Cyril Chamberlain as auctioneer
Frederick Keen as Mr. Williams
Charles Paton as Mr. Briggs
Fred Withers as George Billings

Release

According to David Quinlan In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959, the film was not on general release.^[4] However the BFI states that it was copyrighted in 1939 but "not released until 1942",^[2] which Chibnall and McFarlane, confirm,^[1] and Kine Weekly listed the film on its "Films Registered Under The Act" page for the period 20 November 1942 – 11 January 1943.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
^ ^a ^b "The Body Vanished". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
^ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute.
^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 42. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
^ "Films Registered Under The Act". Kine Weekly. 311 (1866): 45. 21 January 1943 – via ProQuest.

External links

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[Chibnall-1] Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.

[BFIsearch-2] "The Body Vanished". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

[3] Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute.

[4] Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 42. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.

[5] "Films Registered Under The Act". Kine Weekly. 311 (1866): 45. 21 January 1943 – via ProQuest.

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