Carnival (1946 film)

Carnival
Directed byStanley Haynes
Screenplay byPeter Ustinov
Eric Maschwitz
Based onCarnival
by Compton Mackenzie
Produced byJohn Sutro
Wilfred Sassoon
StarringSally Gray
Michael Wilding
Stanley Holloway
CinematographyGuy Green
Edited byRalph Kemplen
Music byNicholas Brodzsky
Charles Williams
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 2 December 1946 (1946-12-02)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Carnival is a 1946 British drama film about a ballet dancer of the Edwardian era, directed by Stanley Haynes and starring Sally Gray, Michael Wilding, Stanley Holloway and Jean Kent. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie,[1] which had previous been made into a 1932 film version Dance Pretty Lady by Anthony Asquith.[2] It was shot at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director Carmen Dillon.

The title of the film is not explained as there is no carnival in the story.

  1. ^ "Carnival (1946)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "Carnival (1946) - Stanley Haynes - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.