The Bad Lord Byron

The Bad Lord Byron
Directed byDavid MacDonald
Written byPaul Holt
Laurence Kitchin
Peter Quennell
Anthony Thorne
Terence Young
Produced byAubrey Baring
executive
Sydney Box
associate
Alfred Roome
StarringDennis Price
Mai Zetterling
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byJames Needs
Music byCedric Thorpe Davie
Production
company
Triton Films (Sydney Box Productions)
Distributed byGFD (UK)
International Releasing Organisation (US)
Release dates
  • 18 April 1949 (1949-04-18) (UK)
  • 1952 (1952) (US)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£223,900[1][2][3]
Box office£75,000 (by 1953)[1] or £44,700[3]

The Bad Lord Byron is a 1949 British historical drama film about 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.[4]

  1. ^ a b Spicer, Andrew (2006). Sydney Box. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 211. ISBN 9780719059995.
  2. ^ Spicer, Andrew. 'The Apple of Mr. Rank's Mercatorial Eye': Managing Director of Gainsborough Pictures. p. 107. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354. Income is in terms of producer's share of receipts.
  4. ^ "Bad Lord Byron | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.