The Mudlark
1950 film by Jean Negulesco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mudlark is a 1950 film made in Britain by 20th Century Fox. It is a fictional account of how Queen Victoria was eventually brought out of her mourning for her dead husband, Prince Albert. It was directed by Jean Negulesco, written and produced by Nunnally Johnson and based on the 1949 novel of the same name by American artillery sergeant and San Francisco newspaperman Theodore Bonnet (1908–1983). It stars Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness and Andrew Ray.
| The Mudlark | |
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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Screenplay by | Hilda Grenier Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | The Mudlark 1949 novel by Theodore Bonnet |
| Produced by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Starring | Irene Dunne Alec Guinness Andrew Ray Beatrice Campbell Finlay Currie Anthony Steel Raymond Lovell Marjorie Fielding Constance Smith |
| Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
| Edited by | Thelma Connell |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1 million (US rentals)[1] |
"Mudlarks" were street children who survived by scavenging and selling what they could find on the banks of the River Thames. The film was a hit in Britain and made an overnight star of Andrew Ray, who played the title character.