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My Daughter Joy is a 1950 British drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Edward G. Robinson, Peggy Cummins and Richard Greene.[2] The screenplay concerns a millionaire who spoils his only daughter, but has a strained relationship with his wife.
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| Directed by | Gregory Ratoff |
| Written by | Robert Thoeren William Rose |
| Based on | David Golder by Irène Némirovsky |
| Produced by | Gregory Ratoff |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Peggy Cummins Richard Greene |
| Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
| Edited by | Raymond Poulton |
| Music by | Raymond Gallois-Montbrun |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £106,399 (UK)[1] |
The film is a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel David Golder by Irène Némirovsky, which had previously been made into in a 1931 French film of the same title. It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures.
Cast
edit- Edward G. Robinson as George Constantin
- Peggy Cummins as Georgette Constantin
- Richard Greene as Larry
- Nora Swinburne as Ava Constantin
- Walter Rilla as Andreas
- Finlay Currie as Sir Thomas McTavish
- James Robertson Justice as Professor Keval
- Ronald Adam as Colonel Fogarty
- David Hutcheson as Annix
- Gregory Ratoff as Marcos
- Peter Illing as Sultan
- Harry Lane as Barboza
- Don Nehan as Polato
- Roberto Villa as Prince Alzar
- Ronald Ward as Doctor Schindler
See also
edit- David Golder (1931)
References
edit- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p492
- ^ "BFI Film Database". Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
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