Summary
Skylark is an American film comedy first released in 1941,
directed by Mark Sandrich.
The film is based on a novel by Samson Raphaelson and stars Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes and Walter Abel.
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Credits
- Director: Mark Sandrich
- Script: Zion Myers, Samson Raphaelson (novel), Allan Scott
- Photo: Charles Lang
- Music: Victor Young, Leo Shuken
- Cast: Claudette Colbert (Lydia Kenyon), Ray Milland (Tony Kenyon), Brian Aherne (Jim Blake), Binnie Barnes (Myrtle Vantine), Walter Abel (George Gore), Grant Mitchell (Frederick Vantine), Mona Barrie (Charlette Gorell), Ernest Cossart (Theodore), James Rennie (Ned Franklyn), Leonard Mudie (Jewelry clerk), Warren Hymer (Big man in subway car), Hobart Cavanaugh (Small man in subway car), Edward Fielding (Scholarly man in subway car), Leon Belasco (Long-haired man in subway car), Irving Bacon (Ferryman), May Boley (Fat woman in subway car), Robert Dudley (Pedestrian), Patricia Farr (Lil (waitress at hamburger stand)), Fritz Feld (Maitre d’Hotel), James Flavin (Subway guard), Margaret Hayes (Receptionist), Armand Kaliz (Jeweler), Francisco Marán (Harrison (travel agent)), Howard M. Mitchell (Man in front of Tony), Ella Neal (Usherette), William Newell (Counterman), Frank Orth (Subway cashier), Edward Peil Sr. (Man behind Tony), Keith Richards (Counterman at second hamburger stand), Henry Roquemore (Bartender), Virginia Sale (Woman in subway car), Minerva Urecal (Woman in subway car)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 92 min; B&W
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