The Story of Shirley Yorke
1948 British film by Maclean Rogers
- Kathleen Butler
- A.R. Rawlinson
- Maclean Rogers
- Derek Farr
- Dinah Sheridan
- Margaretta Scott
- John Robinson
Production
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Nettlefold Films
Release date
- 4 July 1949 (1949-07-04) (UK)
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The Story of Shirley Yorke is a 1948 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Derek Farr, Dinah Sheridan and Margaretta Scott.[2] The film was based on the play The Case of Lady Camber by Horace Annesley Vachell.[3] It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames.[4] Art direction was by Charles Gilbert.
Plot
When a nobleman's wife dies during an operation, nurse Shirley Yorke finds herself accused of poisoning, when it is found that she and the peer were formerly lovers.
Cast
- Derek Farr as Gerald Ryton
- Dinah Sheridan as Shirley Yorke
- Margaretta Scott as Alison Gwynne
- John Robinson as Dr. Bruce Napier
- Barbara Couper as Muriel Peach
- Beatrix Thomson as Lady Camber
- Ian McLean as Dr. Harris
- Jack Raine as Stansfield Yorke
- Lesley Osmond as Jennifer Ware
- Valentine Dyall as Edward Holt
- Eleanor Summerfield as Doris
- Bruce Seton as Captain Sharp
- Neville Brook as Professor Slufter
- Vincent Holman as Bates
- Olive Kirby as Irene
- Shirley Quentin as Night Sister
- Arthur Mullard as Police Const
- Charles Hawtrey as Major Markham
References
- ^ "THE STORY OF SHIRLEY YORKE - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
- ^ "The Story of Shirley Yorke – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
- ^ Goble p.471
- ^ "The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)". Archived from the original on 1 June 2018.
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- The Story of Shirley Yorke at IMDb
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Films by Maclean Rogers
- The Third Eye (1929)
- The Mayor's Nest (1932)
- The Crime at Blossoms (1933)
- Summer Lightning (1933)
- Up for the Derby (1933)
- Trouble (1933)
- It's a Cop (1934)
- Virginia's Husband (1934)
- The Scoop (1934)
- The Feathered Serpent (1934)
- A Little Bit of Bluff (1935)
- The Right Age to Marry (1935)
- Old Faithful (1935)
- Marry the Girl (1935)
- A Wife or Two (1936)
- The Shadow of Mike Emerald (1936)
- A Touch of the Moon (1936)
- Not So Dusty (1936)
- To Catch a Thief (1936)
- The Heirloom Mystery (1936)
- The Happy Family (1936)
- Nothing Like Publicity (1936)
- Busman's Holiday (1936)
- Farewell to Cinderella (1937)
- Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937)
- Fifty-Shilling Boxer (1937)
- All That Glitters (1937)
- Father Steps Out (1937)
- Why Pick on Me? (1937)
- Racing Romance (1937)
- Easy Riches (1938)
- If I Were Boss (1938)
- His Lordship Regrets (1938)
- Darts Are Trumps (1938)
- Weddings Are Wonderful (1938)
- Paid in Error (1938)
- Miracles Do Happen (1939)
- His Lordship Goes to Press (1939)
- Garrison Follies (1940)
- Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1940)
- Shadowed Eyes (1940)
- Facing the Music (1941)
- Front Line Kids (1942)
- Gert and Daisy's Weekend (1942)
- Gert and Daisy Clean Up (1942)
- Variety Jubilee (1943)
- I'll Walk Beside You (1943)
- Somewhere in Civvies (1943)
- Give Me the Stars (1945)
- Don Chicago (1945)
- The Trojan Brothers (1946)
- Woman to Woman (1947)
- Calling Paul Temple (1948)
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- Dark Secret (1949)
- Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)
- Something in the City (1950)
- Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951)
- Madame Louise (1951)
- Paul Temple Returns (1952)
- Salute the Toff (1952)
- Hammer the Toff (1952)
- Down Among the Z Men (1952)
- Alf's Baby (1953)
- Force's Sweetheart (1953)
- Behind the Headlines (1953)
- Flannelfoot (1953)
- Johnny on the Spot (1954)
- Calling All Cars (1954)
- Assignment Redhead (1956)
- Not So Dusty (1956)
- You Pay Your Money (1957)
- Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
- Mark of the Phoenix (1958)
- A Clean Sweep (1958)
- Just Joe (1960)
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