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The Mill on the Floss

  • 19361936
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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The Mill on the Floss (1936)
Drama
Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
113
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
130,751
5,912
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    • Director
      • Tim Whelan(producing director)
    • Writers
      • George Eliot(from the book by)
      • Garnett Weston(scenario)
      • Austin Melford(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Frank Lawton
      • Victoria Hopper
      • Griffith Jones
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    • Director
      • Tim Whelan(producing director)
    • Writers
      • George Eliot(from the book by)
      • Garnett Weston(scenario)
      • Austin Melford(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Frank Lawton
      • Victoria Hopper
      • Griffith Jones
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    • 9User reviews
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    Frank Lawton
    Frank Lawton
    • Philip Wakem
    Victoria Hopper
    Victoria Hopper
    • Lucy Deane
    Griffith Jones
    Griffith Jones
    • Stephen Guest
    Geraldine Fitzgerald
    Geraldine Fitzgerald
    • Maggie Tulliver
    James Mason
    James Mason
    • Tom Tulliver
    Sam Livesey
    Sam Livesey
    • Mr. Tulliver
    Fay Compton
    Fay Compton
    • Mrs. Tulliver
    Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer
    • Mr. Wakem
    Martita Hunt
    Martita Hunt
    • Mrs. Glegg
    J.H. Roberts
    J.H. Roberts
    • Mr. Glegg
    • (as F.H. Roberts)
    Athene Seyler
    Athene Seyler
    • Mrs. Pullet
    Eliot Makeham
    Eliot Makeham
    • Mr. Pullet
    Amy Veness
    Amy Veness
    • Mrs. Deane
    David Horne
    David Horne
    • Mr. Deane
    William Devlin
    • Bob Jakin
    O.B. Clarence
    O.B. Clarence
    • Mr. Gore
    Mary Clare
    Mary Clare
    • Mrs. Moss
    Ivor Barnard
    Ivor Barnard
    • Mr. Moss
    • Director
      • Tim Whelan(producing director)
    • Writers
      • George Eliot(from the book by)
      • Garnett Weston(scenario)
      • Austin Melford(scenario)
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    • Trivia
      This film received its initial television broadcast in USA 3 February 1940 on New York City's pioneer, still experimental, television station W2XBS. As WWII drew to a close, television viewers got another look at it Monday 4 June 1945 on KNBH (Channel 4); in Lowell MA (serving the Boston Area) it first aired Saturday 2 October 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4) and it finally arrived in Los Angeles airwaves Sunday 30 October 1949 on KNBH (Channel 4), and in Chicago Sunday 26 March 1950 on WGN (Channel 9).
    • Quotes

      Mr. Glegg: When land is gone and money spent, then learning is most excellent

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    7/10
    Not that Bad...!
    I can not go into a dissertation about the movie vs the novel. I can not write a comparative study of the The Mill on the Floss with other novels by George Eliot or her contemporaries. I do appreciate the other commenter's' reviews. However, I would like to correct a few factual errors. As a child, Tom Tulliver bullies his friend "Bob" (not Phillip) into giving him the shilling. Phillip, son of the elder Tulliver's nemesis, observes this act and chides Tom for his behavior in front of Tom's sister, Maggie. (PS - the wealthy family is not the Tullivers. Phillip and his father are wealthy and Tullivers are the working class.) As an adult, Bob and Tom become friends and business partners as Tom is not a bad person, but he certainly is a pigheaded one. However, Tom can not forgive Phillip and his father for the wrongs the old man brought onto the Tullivers and therein lies the basic conflict in the plot. All in all, I didn't think the movie was all that bad and the pace of the plot as well as the acting held my interest from beginning to end. If you are a James Mason fan, you will probably like it better than some of his other movies from that period.

    This was Mason's first "serious" movie, and he was very good in it. And yes indeed it would have been glorious to see him have a turn at Heathcliff at that point in his career. Later, he should have had a crack at Mr. Rochester. Too bad...our loss.
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    • Release date
      • November 14, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vodenica na Flosi
    • Filming locations
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Alliance Films
      • G.B. Morgan Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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