Farewell Again

Farewell Again is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw and Robert Newton.^[1] The film is a portmanteau illustrating the calls of duty on various soldiers and their families. In the United States it was released with the alternative title Troopship.

Farewell Again
Directed by	Tim Whelan
Written by	Clemence Dane Ian Hay Wolfgang Wilhelm Henry Koster Patrick Kirwan
Produced by	Erich Pommer Alexander Korda (uncredited)
Starring	Leslie Banks Flora Robson Robert Newton Sebastian Shaw
Cinematography	James Wong Howe Hans Schneeberger
Edited by	Jack Dennis
Music by	Richard Addinsell Direction, Muir Mathieson
Production company	London Film Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	15 May 1937 (1937-05-15)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film was made at Denham Studios by Alexander Korda's London Film Productions.^[2]

Plot

Cast

• Leslie Banks as Colonel Harry Blair
• Flora Robson as Lucy Blair
• Sebastian Shaw as Captain Gilbert Reed
• Patricia Hilliard as Ann Harrison
• Robert Cochran as Carlisle
• Anthony Bushell as Roddy Hammond
• Rene Ray as Elsie Wainwright
• Robert Newton as Jim Carter
• Leonora Corbett as Lady Joan
• J.H. Roberts as Doctor Pearson
• Eliot Makeham as Major Swayle
• Martita Hunt as Adela Swayle
• Edward Lexy as Sergeant Brough
• Maire O'Neill as Mrs Brough
• Wally Patch as Sergeant Major Pearson
• Margaret Moffatt as Mrs Billings
• Gertrude Musgrove as Lily Toff
• Alf Goddard as Private Bulger
• John Laurie as Private McAllister
• Jerry Verno as Private Judd
• William Hartnell in Minor role

References

1. BFI.org
2. Wood p.90

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Farewell Again at IMDb