<i>The Mudlark</i>

The Mudlark

<p><i><b>The Mudlark</b></i> is a 1950 film made in <a href="/en/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom" class="wl">Britain</a> by <a href="/en/20th_Century_Fox" title="20th Century Fox" class="mw-redirect wl">20th Century Fox</a>. It is a fictional account of how <a href="/en/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria" class="wl">Queen Victoria</a> was eventually brought out of her mourning for her dead husband, <a href="/en/Albert,_Prince_Consort" title="Albert, Prince Consort" class="wl">Prince Albert</a>. It was directed by <a href="/en/Jean_Negulesco" title="Jean Negulesco" class="wl">Jean Negulesco</a>, written and produced by <a href="/en/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson" class="wl">Nunnally Johnson</a> and based on the 1949 novel of the same name by American artillery sergeant and San Francisco newspaperman Theodore Bonnet (1908–1983). It stars <a href="/en/Irene_Dunne" title="Irene Dunne" class="wl">Irene Dunne</a>, <a href="/en/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness" class="wl">Alec Guinness</a> and <a href="/en/Andrew_Ray" title="Andrew Ray" class="wl">Andrew Ray</a>.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: The Mudlark, Directed by, Screenplay by, Base...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Mudlark</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:92mudlark.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:92mudlark.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/92mudlark.jpg/220px-92mudlark.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="390" data-file-type="bitmap" height="336" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/92mudlark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/92mudlark.jpg 2x" alt="92mudlark.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Original film poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Jean_Negulesco" title="Jean Negulesco" class="wl">Jean Negulesco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data">Hilda Grenier<br><a href="/en/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson" class="wl">Nunnally Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Mudlark</i><br>1949 novel<br>by Theodore Bonnet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Nunnally Johnson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Irene_Dunne" title="Irene Dunne" class="wl">Irene Dunne</a><br><a href="/en/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness" class="wl">Alec Guinness</a><br><a href="/en/Andrew_Ray" title="Andrew Ray" class="wl">Andrew Ray</a><br><a href="/en/Beatrice_Campbell" title="Beatrice Campbell" class="wl">Beatrice Campbell</a><br><a href="/en/Finlay_Currie" title="Finlay Currie" class="wl">Finlay Currie</a><br><a href="/en/Anthony_Steel_(actor)" title="Anthony Steel (actor)" class="wl">Anthony Steel</a><br><a href="/en/Raymond_Lovell" title="Raymond Lovell" class="wl">Raymond Lovell</a><br><a href="/en/Marjorie_Fielding" title="Marjorie Fielding" class="wl">Marjorie Fielding</a><br><a href="/en/Constance_Smith" title="Constance Smith" class="wl">Constance Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Georges_Périnal" title="Georges Périnal" class="wl">Georges Périnal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Thelma_Connell" title="Thelma Connell" class="wl">Thelma Connell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/William_Alwyn" title="William Alwyn" class="wl">William Alwyn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/20th_Century_Fox" title="20th Century Fox" class="mw-redirect wl">20th Century Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>30<span>&nbsp;</span>October<span>&nbsp;</span>1950<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1950-10-30</span>)</span><span> </span>(UK)</li>
<li>28<span>&nbsp;</span>November<span>&nbsp;</span>1950<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1950-11-28</span>)</span><span> </span>(US)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">99 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom<br>United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$1 million (US rentals)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>"<a href="/en/Mudlark" title="Mudlark" class="wl">Mudlarks</a>" were street children who survived by scavenging and selling what they could find on the banks of the <a href="/en/River_Thames" title="River Thames" class="wl">River Thames</a>. The film was a hit in Britain and made an overnight star of Andrew Ray, who played the title character.</p>



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 . It stars Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness and Andrew Ray. "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. 