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{{short description|1931 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Many Waters
| image          =
| caption        =
| director       = [[Milton Rosmer]]
| producer       = J.A. Thorpe
| based_on = ''[[Many Waters (play)|Many Waters]]'' by [[Monckton Hoffe]]
| writer         = [[Leon M. Lion]] <br>
| narrator       =
| starring       = [[Lillian Hall-Davis]]<br>[[Arthur Margetson]]<br>[[Elizabeth Allan]]<br>[[Donald Calthrop]]
| music          =
| cinematography = Henry W. Gerrard <br> [[Hal Young]]
| editing        = [[Bert Bates]]
| studio         = Associated Metropolitan
| distributor    = [[Pathé Pictures International]]
| released       = {{Film date|1931|11}}
| runtime        = 75 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
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'''''Many Waters''''' is a 1931 British [[romance film]] directed by [[Milton Rosmer]] and starring [[Lillian Hall-Davis]], [[Arthur Margetson]] and [[Elizabeth Allan (actress)|Elizabeth Allan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/63638 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; MANY WATERS (1931) |access-date=12 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022173533/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/63638 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was shot at the [[Elstree Studios]] of [[British International Pictures]].<ref>Wood p.72</ref> It was based on the 1928 [[Many Waters (play)|play of the same title]] by [[Monckton Hoffe]]. It was the last film of actress Lillian Hall-Davis, a star of the [[silent era]], who committed [[suicide]] in 1933.
==Plot==
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
==Cast==
* [[Lillian Hall-Davis]] as Mabel Barcaldine
* [[Arthur Margetson]] as Jim Barcaldine
* [[Elizabeth Allan]] as Freda Barcaldine
* [[Donald Calthrop]] as Compton Hardcastle
* [[Sam Livesey]] as Stanley Rosel
* [[Mary Clare]] as Mrs. Rosel
* [[Robert Douglas (actor)|Robert Douglas]] as Godfrey Marvin
* [[Charles Carson (actor)|Charles Carson]] as Henry Delauney
* [[Ivan Samson]] as Philip Sales
* Renée Macready as Dolly Sales
* [[Herbert Lomas (actor)|Herbert Lomas]] as Everett
* [[Hay Petrie]] as Director
* [[J. Fisher White]] as Gentleman
* [[Monckton Hoffe]] as Registrar
* S.A. Cookson as Registrar of Marriage
* Paul Gill as Doctor Sangster
* [[Clare Greet]] as Registry Office Cleaner
* [[Philip Hewland]] as Registry Office Clerk
* David Miller as Mr. Clinchpole
* Cicely Oates as  Registry Office Cleaner
* [[Bill Shine (actor)|Bill Shine]] as Registry Office Junior Clerk
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0022122|Many Waters}}
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