Yellow Sands (film)

1938 British film

Yellow Sands is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Marie Tempest, Belle Chrystall, Wilfrid Lawson and Robert Newton.^[1] It was based on the 1926 play Yellow Sands by Adelaide and Eden Phillpotts.^[2]

Premise

The film is a rural comedy about a rich dying woman's relatives that are about to be disappointed by the contents of her will.

Cast

• Marie Tempest as Jennifer Varwell
• Belle Chrystall as Lydia Blake
• Wilfrid Lawson as Richard Varwell
• Robert Newton as Joe Varwell
• Patrick Barr as Arthur Varwell
• Amy Veness as Mary Varwell
• Coral Browne as Emma Copplestone
• Drusilla Wills as Minnie Masters
• Muriel Johnston as Nellie Masters
• Edward Rigby as Tom Major

References

1. BFI.org
2. James Y. Dayananda, ‘Phillpotts , (Mary) Adelaide Eden (1896–1993)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2012 accessed 9 May 2017

External links

• Yellow Sands at IMDb