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. 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. 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.Chibnall p.262
The British Film Institute has placed it on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.
Cast Basil Gill as Sir Peter Teazle Madeleine Carroll as Lady Teazle Ian Fleming as Joseph Surface Henry Charles Hewitt as Charles Surface Edgar K. Bruce as Sir Oliver Surface Hayden Coffin as Sir Harry Bumper Hector Abbas as Moses Dodo Watts as Maria Anne Grey as Lady Sneerwell John Charlton as Benjamin Backbite Stanley Lathbury as Crabtree Henry Vibart as Squire Hunter May Agate as Mrs. Candour Maurice Braddell as Careless Gibb McLaughlin as William Wallace Bosco as Rawley Sally Gray in a bit part Rex Harrison in a bit part Anna Neagle in a bit part
See also List of early color feature films
References
Bibliography 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.
External links BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes