The Cardinal (1936 film)

The Cardinal
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Written by	D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Starring	Matheson Lang Eric Portman June Duprez
Music by	Leighton Lucas
Cinematography	Cyril Bristow
Edited by	Max Brenner
Production company	Grosvenor Films
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures
Release dates	27 July 1936
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Cardinal is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Matheson Lang, Eric Portman and Robert Atkins.^[1] The film depicts a power battle in Rome in 1570 between Giuliano de' Medici and one of his rivals.

It was made at Welwyn Studios.^[2]

Cast

Matheson Lang as Cardinal de' Medici
Eric Portman as Giuliano de' Medici
Robert Atkins as Gen. Belmont
O. B. Clarence as Monterosa
Douglas Jefferies as Baglioni
F. B. J. Sharp as Pope Julius II
Wilfred Fletcher as Michelangelo
A. Bromley Davenport as Bramante
Rayner Barton as Cardinal Orelli
Edgar K. Bruce as Spini
David Horne as English Abbot
June Duprez as Francesca Monterosa
Henrietta Watson as Donna Claricia
Dora Barton as Duenna

References

↑ BFI Database entry
↑ Wood p.85

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Cardinal at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Sinclair Hill

The Tidal Wave (1920)
The Place of Honour (1921)
The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1921)
The Truants (1922)
The Nonentity (1922)
The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1922)
The Experiment (1922)
Open Country (1922)
Half a Truth (1922)
Expiation (1922)
One Arabian Night (1923)
The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)
White Slippers (1924)
The Conspirators (1924)
The Squire of Long Hadley (1925)
The Secret Kingdom (1925)
The Qualified Adventurer (1925)
The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP (1925)
Sahara Love (1926)
The Chinese Bungalow (1926)
A Woman Redeemed (1927)
The King's Highway (1927)
Boadicea (1927)
The Guns of Loos (1928)
The Price of Divorce (1928)
The Unwritten Law (1929)
Greek Street (1930)
Dark Red Roses (1930)
Such Is the Law (1930)
The Great Gay Road (1931)
Other People's Sins (1931)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
The Man from Toronto (1933)
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
My Old Dutch (1934)
Hyde Park Corner (1935)
The Cardinal (1936)
The Gay Adventure (1936)
Take a Chance (1937)
Midnight Menace (1937)
Command Performance (1937)
Follow Your Star (1938)

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