Dance Hall (1950 film)

Dance Hall
Original UK quad format poster
Directed byCharles Crichton
Screenplay byE.V.H. Emmett
Diana Morgan
Alexander Mackendrick
Produced byMichael Balcon
associate
E.V.H. Emmett
StarringDonald Houston
Bonar Colleano
Petula Clark
Natasha Parry
Jane Hylton
Diana Dors
CinematographyDouglas Slocombe
Edited bySeth Holt
Music byJoyce Cochrane
Reg Owen
Jack Parnell
Production
company
Distributed byGFD (UK)
Release date
  • 8 June 1950 (1950-06-08) (UK)[1]
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£167,749[2]
Box office£89,000[3]

Dance Hall is a 1950 British drama film directed by Charles Crichton. The film was an unusual departure for Ealing Studios at the time, as it tells the story about four women and their romantic encounters from a female perspective.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Premiere was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 356.
  3. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 285.
  4. ^ BFI Screenonline, Roger Philip Mellor: Dance Hall (1950) Linked 2015-06-01
  5. ^ DANCE HALL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 17, Iss. 193, (Jan 1, 1950): 99.