| The Forbidden Street | |
|---|---|
 1949 US Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Written by | Margery Sharp (novel) Ring Lardner, Jr. |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Starring | Dana Andrews Maureen O'Hara Sybil Thorndike |
| Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date | 31 March 1949 |
Running time |  90 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film UK |
| Language | English |
The Forbidden Street is a 1949 British drama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Dana Andrews, Maureen O'Hara, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton and A.E. Matthews. In Victorian London, a young woman marries a poor drunken artist and struggles to make ends meet. After his death, she takes in a lodger whom she soon falls in love with.[1]
Cast
- Dana Andrews - Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale
- Maureen O'Hara - Adelaide Culver
- Sybil Thorndike - Mrs Mounsey
- Fay Compton - Mrs Culver
- Anthony Tancred - Treff Culver
- Diane Hart - The Blazer
- Anne Butchart - Alice Hambro
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Mr Culver
- A.E. Matthews - Mr Bly
Production notes
- 20th Century Fox bought Margery Sharp's novel in June 1946 for $150,000 plus bonus increments
- The film was shot in England using studio funds frozen in Great Britain.
- Production Dates: mid-Jul-mid-Oct 1948 at London Film Studios, Shepperton, England
- The working titles of this film were Britannia Mews and Impulse.
- The film was released in Great Britain as Britannia Mews and was originally scheduled to be released in America as Affairs of Adelaide
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