DARK JOURNEY (1937)

When originally released in England, Dark Journey bore the title The Anxious Years.

Plot: During World War I, a German spy and a British spy meet and fall in love.

Director: Victor Saville

Producer: Victor Saville, Alexander Korda

The film play: Lajos Biro

Scenario and dialogue: Arthur Wimperis

Settings: Andre Andrejew

Photographs: Georges Perinal and Harry Stradling

Costumes: Rene Hubert

Film editor: Hugh Stewart

Technical adviser: L. Stackell

Music: Richard Adinsell

Musical Director: Muir Mathieson

Sound Director: A. W. Watkins

Sound Recordist: Charles Testo

Opened: March 28, 1937 in London; April 2, 1937 in USA

Reissued: in 1953 as The Anxious Years

Starring: Vivien Leigh (Madeleine Goddard), Conrad Veidt (Baron Karl Von Marwitz), Joan Gardner (Lupita), Anthony Bushell (Bob Carter), Ursula Jeans (Gertrude), and Eliot Makeham (Anatole)

Comments

Los Angeles Times; Oct. 13, 1937: "Dark Journey" Due Tomorrow
                                                                  An adventure story, "Dark Journey," starring Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh, opens tomorrow at the Four Star Theater. Written by Lajos Biro, the tale was adapted to the screen by Arthur Wimperis. The picture was directed and produced by Victor Saville.
          The story centers about a Madeleine Goddard and her dress shop in Stockholm. Among those in the supporting cast are Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans and Margery Pickford.

The Spectator film critic: Vivien as a pretty, innocent little spyess whole acting, like that of the rest of a company, is good without being brilliant.

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