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Little Friend

  • 1934
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Drama

A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

  • Director
    • Berthold Viertel
  • Writers
    • Christopher Isherwood
    • Margaret Kennedy
    • Ernst Lothar
  • Stars
    • Matheson Lang
    • Lydia Sherwood
    • Nova Pilbeam
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    83
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Berthold Viertel
    • Writers
      • Christopher Isherwood
      • Margaret Kennedy
      • Ernst Lothar
    • Stars
      • Matheson Lang
      • Lydia Sherwood
      • Nova Pilbeam
    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Nova Pilbeam in Little Friend (1934)
    Nova Pilbeam in Little Friend (1934)
    Jimmy Hanley and Nova Pilbeam in Little Friend (1934)
    Matheson Lang, Nova Pilbeam, and Lydia Sherwood in Little Friend (1934)
    Jimmy Hanley and Nova Pilbeam in Little Friend (1934)
    Arthur Margetson and Nova Pilbeam in Little Friend (1934)
    Jean Cadell, Matheson Lang, and Nova Pilbeam in Little Friend (1934)
    Little Friend (1934)
    Nova Pilbeam in Little Friend (1934)

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    Matheson Lang
    Matheson Lang
    • John Hughes
    Lydia Sherwood
    • Helen Hughes
    Nova Pilbeam
    Nova Pilbeam
    • Felicity Hughes
    Arthur Margetson
    Arthur Margetson
    • Hilliard
    Jean Cadell
    Jean Cadell
    • Miss Drew
    Jimmy Hanley
    Jimmy Hanley
    • Leonard Parry
    Gibb McLaughlin
    Gibb McLaughlin
    • Thompson
    Diana Cotton
    • Maud
    Cecil Parker
    Cecil Parker
    • Mason
    Clare Greet
    Clare Greet
    • Mrs. Parry
    Jack Raine
    Jack Raine
    • Jeffries
    Finlay Currie
    Finlay Currie
    • Grove
    Robert Nainby
    • Uncle Ned
    Atholl Fleming
    • Shepherd
    Basil Goth
    • Doctor
    Charles Childerstone
    • Solicitor
    Gerald Kent
    • Butler
    Allan Aynesworth
    • Col. Amberley
    • Director
      • Berthold Viertel
    • Writers
      • Christopher Isherwood
      • Margaret Kennedy
      • Ernst Lothar
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    • Trivia
      Christopher Isherwood's adventures while working on this film as one of the screenplay writers became the basis of his novel "Prater Violet" (1945).

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    Interesting stage in Christopher Isherwood's career
    In his memoir CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND, Christopher Isherwood devotes an entire chapter to working with Viertel. Novelist Margaret Kennedy wrote an earlier screenplay, but Viertel didn't like it, or her, calling her 'a crocodile who wept once in her life a real tear.' Isherwood, who never saw the Kennedy script, though they are co-credited as writers, was suggested as a collaborator by Jean Ross, the real-life "Sally Bowles" of his Berlin stories (She demanded half his first week's salary in return.) Viertel wanted someone who spoke German, and was new to movies; "He needed an amateur, an innocent, a disciple, a victim," writes Isherwood. A professional would have made Viertel embarrassed at working on this piece of trivia, but he told Isherwood, 'I feel absolutely no shame before you; we are like two married men who meet in a whorehouse.' During production, Viertel used the fact that both could speak German to impress the crew, taking Isherwood into the corner and discussing finer points of the film in that language while the technicians looked on in awe. For all Viertel's contempt for LITTLE FRIEND, it was successful both financially and critically,described by the NEW YORK TIMES as "very close to being a masterpiece of its kind."
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1934 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Raffiche
    • Filming locations
      • Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • B.A.F. Sound System
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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