While I Live | |
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Directed by | John Harlow |
Written by | John Harlow, Doreen Montgomery |
Based on | play This Same Garden by Robert Bell |
Produced by | Edward Dryhurst |
Starring | Sonia Dresdel Tom Walls Carol Raye |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Edited by | Doug Robertson |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 min |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £200,000[1] |
While I Live is a 1947 British drama film directed and co-written by John Harlow and starring Sonia Dresdel, Tom Walls and Carol Raye.[2] While I Live is best remembered for its musical theme "The Dream of Olwen" composed by Charles Williams, reprised at intervals throughout the film, which became hugely popular in its time and is still regularly performed.[3] The film itself became widely known as The Dream of Olwen.[4] It was based on a play by Robert Bell, in which Sonia Dresdel also starred.[5]