| They Were Sisters | |
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 UK release poster | |
| Directed by | Arthur Crabtree |
| Written by | Roland Pertwee |
| Based on | They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple |
| Produced by | Harold Huth |
| Starring | Phyllis Calvert James Mason Hugh Sinclair Anne Crawford Peter Murray Hill Dulcie Gray |
| Cinematography | Jack Cox |
| Edited by | Charles Knott |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | over £300,000 (UK)[1] or over £1 million[2] |
They Were Sisters is a 1945 British melodrama film directed by Arthur Crabtree for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Phyllis Calvert and James Mason. The film was produced by Harold Huth, with cinematography from Jack Cox and screenplay by Roland Pertwee. They Were Sisters is noted for its frank, unsparing depiction of marital abuse at a time when the subject was rarely discussed openly. It was one of the Gainsborough melodramas.[3]
- ^ "Actor's Views May Bring Ban". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 13 September 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "English Star". Western Mail. Vol. 61, no. 3, 207. Western Australia. 14 February 1946. p. 26. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 January 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: Margaret Lockwood". Filmink.