Product Notes
Dana Andrews, Maureen O'Hara. A wealthy socialite marries a penniless art instructor and heads to the slums to live there with him. But after an accident causes her new husband's death, an old hag accuses her of murdering him and tries to blackmail her. 1949/b&w/91 min/NR/fullscreen.
Product Reviews
The Anglo-American co-production Britannia Mews was released in the U.S. as The Affairs of Adelaide, then reissued as Forbidden Street, the title it carries today. Set in the Victoria era, the film focuses upon Adelaide (Maureen O'Hara), a young lady of good family who renounces both name and fame when she marries an impoverished artist (Dana Andrews). When her husband is killed in an accident, Adelaide is blackmailed by a spiteful old hag (Dame Sybil Thorndike) who claims that the girl killed her spouse. Enter a handsome young barrister who is the living image of Adelaide's late husband (and who, accordingly, is also played by Dana Andrews). He extricates Adelaide from her plight, reunites her with her family, and along the way falls in love with her himself. Ring Lardner Jr. adapted Britannia Mews from a novel by Margery Sharp. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Forbidden Street |
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Drama |
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Classics |
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4 September 2012 |
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Maureen O'Hara(Adelaide Culver), Dana Andrews(Herbert Lambert), Sybil Thorndike(Mrs. Mounsey), Wilfrid Hyde-White(Mr. Culver), Anthony Tancred(Treff Culver), Fay Compton(Mrs. Culver) |
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Jean Negulesco |
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Not Rated |
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DVD |
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382737 |
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024543827375 |
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408000X |
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4 September 2012 |
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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX ( TCFX ) |
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91 |
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0 : Region-Free |
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Black and White, Pan and Scan |
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PCM Mono, English |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:0 |
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A.E. Matthews(Mr. Bly), Anthony Tancred(Treff Culver), Dana Andrews(Herbert Lambert), Dana Andrews(Gilbert Lauderdale), Diane Hart(The Blazer), Fay Compton(Mrs. Culver), Gwynne Whitby(Miss Bryant), Herbert C. Walton(The Old Un), Mary Martlew(Milly Lauderdale), Maureen O'Hara(Adelaide Culver), Neil North(Jimmy Hambro), Scott Harold(Benson), Suzanne Gibbs(Alice as a Child), Sybil Thorndike(Mrs. Mounsey), Wilfrid Hyde-White(Mr. Culver) |
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Cinematographer:Denys Coop, Cinematographer:Georges P rinal, Composer (Music Score):Malcolm Arnold, Director:Jean Negulesco, Producer:William Perlberg, Screenwriter:Ring Lardner, Jr. |
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