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Esther Waters (film)

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Plot
Cast
Production
Critical reception
References
External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}{{Infobox film
| name = Esther Waters
| image = "Esther_Waters"_(1948).jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = Ian Dalrymple
Peter Proud
| producer = Ian Dalrymple
Peter Proud
| writer = Michael Gordon
William Rose
Gerard Tyrrell (Additional dialogue)
| based on = the novel by George Moore
| starring = Kathleen Ryan
Dirk Bogarde
| music = Gordon Jacob (as Dr. Gordon Jacob)
| cinematography = C.M. Pennington-Richards
H.E. Fowle
| editing = Brereton Porter
| studio = Independent Producers
Wessex Film Productions
| distributor = General Film Distributors (UK)
| released = 22 September 1948 (London)
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = UK
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}Esther Waters is a 1948 British drama film directed by Ian Dalrymple and Peter Proud and starring Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde (first credited film appearance), and Cyril Cusack.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1894 novel Esther Waters by George Moore.^[2]

Plot

The film is set in London in 1875.

Esther (Kathleen Ryan) goes into domestic service as a maid, only to be seduced by sweet-talking footman William (Dirk Bogarde). When he abandons her, she must deal with not only pregnancy but also her mother's death. She struggles to survive with only herself for comfort and strength.

She is forced to put her child into care in order to keep her job.

Cast

Kathleen Ryan - Esther Waters
Dirk Bogarde - William Latch
Cyril Cusack - Fred
Ivor Barnard - John Randall
Fay Compton - Mrs Barfield
Margaret Diamond - Sarah
George Hayes - Journeyman
Morland Graham - Ketley
Mary Clare - Mrs. Latch
Pauline Jameson - Hospital Nurse
Shelagh Fraser - Margaret
Margaret Withers - Grover
Julian D'Albie - Squire Barfield
Nuna Davey - Matron
Beryl Measor - Mrs. Spires
Barbara Shaw - Mistress
Archie Harradine - Singer
Duncan Lewis - Butcher

Production

The movie was Dirk Bogarde's first film as a leading man, when he replaced Stewart Granger, who dropped out.^[3]^[4]

Critical reception

The Radio Times wrote:

"George Moore's source novel was strongly influenced by the naturalism of Emile Zola, but there is little of the earthiness of the original in this tawdry adaptation, which rapidly plunges between the two stools of heritage production and sensationalist melodrama. Dirk Bogarde is suitably scurrilous as a rascally footman, but the action slows fatally when he is off screen, with Kathleen Ryan in the title role facing all her trials (single motherhood, the workhouse and Bogarde's drinking) with sulkiness rather than dignity and determination. The horse-racing scenes are efficiently presented, but Ian Dalrymple and Peter Proud direct with heavy hands"^[5]

TV Guide called the film "A well-done but melancholy costume drama from the book by the Irish playwright and critic George Moore, a cofounder of the theater group that led to the famous Abbey Theatre." ^[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32502|title=Esther Waters|work=BFI|accessdate=15 November 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r51f0|title=Episode 1, Esther Waters, Classic Serial - BBC Radio 4|publisher=}}
3. ^Nathaniel Thompson, "Esther Waters", Turner Classic Movies accessed 27 November 2012
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Esther-Waters_1948|title=Esther Waters 1948 - Britmovie - Home of British Films|publisher=}}
5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cbrdc/esther-waters|title= Esther Waters - Film from RadioTimes|publisher= }}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/esther-waters/review/114057/|title=Esther Waters|publisher=}}

External links

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