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Marigold
Marigold is a 1938 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sophie Stewart, Patrick Barr, Phyllis Dare, Edward Chapman and Pamela Stanley. The screenplay was by Dudley Leslie based on the 1914 play of the same title by Charles Garvice, Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor.
Plot
Marigold, the daughter of stern Major Sellar, is engaged to James Payton, a local church elder. She has been raised believing she has no mother, whereas in fact the major and his wife are separated. One day two visitors arrive: actress Madame Marly, and dashing lieutenant Archie Forsyth. Marigold is invited to Edinburgh for Queen Victoria's visit, but Major Sellar and Payton refuse to allow her to go. She goes nevertheless, and visits Forsyth at his rooms in Edinburgh Castle. When the major arrives there is a scene, but Queen Victoria intervenes. It turns out that Madame Marly is Marigold's estranged mother. The family is reconiclied and Marigold jilts Payton for Forsyth.
More details
| author | Charles Garvice |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Scotland |
| director | Thomas Bentley |
| editor | Monica Kimick |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | edinburgh edinburgh castle engage estranged mother queen victoria |
| musicBy | Anthony Collins |
| producer | Walter C. Mycroft |
| productionCompany | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| publisher | Associated British Film Distributors |