Skylark (1941 film)
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| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Written by | Zion Myers Samson Raphaelson (play and novel) Allan Scott |
| Produced by | Mark Sandrich |
| Starring | Claudette Colbert Ray Milland Brian Aherne |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
| Music by | Victor Young Leo Shuken(uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 21 November 1941 |
Running time | 92 min |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
Skylark is a 1941 film directed by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Brian Aherne.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (Loren L. Ryder, Paramount SSD).
Plot
Lydia Kenyon (Claudette Colbert) feels she is neglected and treated insensitively by her husband, Tony (Ray Milland), on their fifth wedding anniversary. She meets a lawyer, Jim Blake (Brian Aherne), and though she eventually divorces her husband, and nearly marries the young lawyer instead, in a moment of crisis she realises she loves her husband, and returns to him.
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Lydia Kenyon
- Ray Milland as Tony Kenyon
- Brian Aherne as Jim Blake
- Binnie Barnes as Myrtle Vantine
- Walter Abel as George Gore
- Grant Mitchell as Frederick Vantine
- Mona Barrie as Charlette Gorell
- Ernest Cossart as Theodore
- James Rennie as Ned Franklyn
- Leonard Mudie as Jewelry clerk
- Warren Hymer as Big man in subway car
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Small man in subway car
- Edward Fielding as Scholarly man in subway car
- Leon Belasco as Long-haired man in subway car
- Irving Bacon as Ferryman
See also
External links
- Skylark at IMDb
- Skylark at the TCM Movie Database
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