The Bad Lord Byron
Directed byDavid MacDonald
Produced byAubrey Baring
StarringDennis Price
Mai Zetterling
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byJames Needs
Music byCedric Thorpe Davie
Production
company
Triton Films
Distributed byGFD (UK)
Release date
1949
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget₤200,000[1] or £223,900[2]
Box office£75,000 (by 1953)[2]

The Bad Lord Byron is a 1949 British historical drama film centered on the life of Lord Byron. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred Dennis Price as Byron with Mai Zetterling, Linden Travers and Joan Greenwood.[3]

The film sees life from the perspective of Lord Byron, seriously wounded in Greece where he is fighting for Greek independence. From his deathbed, Byron remembers his life and many loves, imagining that he's pleading his case before a celestial court.[4]

Cast

Production

The film was announced in 1944 by Two Cities with Eric Portman to play the title role.[5]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote, " Roundly ridiculed by British film critics in 1949, The Bad Lord Byron has stood the test of time -- not really a classic, but an acceptable rainy-day wallow."[4]

Box Office

The film was a box office disaster. By 1949 it had earned £22,400. It recorded a loss of £179,200.[2]

References

  1. ^ Geoffrey Macnab, J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry, London, Routledge (1993) p183
  2. ^ a b c Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
  3. ^ "Bad Lord Byron | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  4. ^ a b "The-Bad-Lord-Byron - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  5. ^ Andrew Spicer, "The Apple of Mr. Rank’s Mercatorial Eye’: Managing Director of Gainsborough Pictures

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Films directed by David MacDonald
Films by Terence Young
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