The Lady with a Lamp

The Lady with a Lamp
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Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Written byWarren Chetham Strode
Based onThe Lady with a Lamp by Reginald Berkeley
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringAnna Neagle
Michael Wilding
Felix Aylmer
CinematographyMax Greene
Edited byBill Lewthwaite
Music byAnthony Collins
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 22 October 1951 (1951-10-22) (London)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£151,091 (UK)[1]

The Lady with a Lamp is a 1951 British historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding and Felix Aylmer.[2] The film depicts the life of Florence Nightingale and her work with wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War. It was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London. Location shooting took place at Cole Green railway station in Hertfordshire and at Lea Hurst, the Nightingale family home, near Matlock in Derbyshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director William C. Andrews. It is based on the 1929 play The Lady with a Lamp by Reginald Berkeley.

  1. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
  2. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The LADY WITH THE LAMP (1951)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

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