| Fire Over England | |
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| Directed by | William K. Howard |
| Screenplay by | Clemence Dane Sergei Nolbandov |
| Based on | Fire Over England 1936 novel by A. E. W. Mason |
| Produced by | Erich Pommer Alexander Korda |
| Starring | Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh Flora Robson Leslie Banks |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | Jack Dennis |
| Music by | Richard Addinsell |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Fire Over England is a 1937 London Film Productions film drama, notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane, nominally from the 1936 novel Fire Over England by AEW Mason. Leigh's performance in the film helped to convince David O. Selznick to cast her as Scarlett O'Hara in his 1939 production of Gone with the Wind. The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I focusing on England's victory over the Spanish Armada.[1]
- ^ Vermilye 1978, pp. 36–38.