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Potiphar's Wife

Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Maurice Elvey Victor Kendall Edgar Middleton (play)
Produced by	John Maxwell
Starring	Nora Swinburne Laurence Olivier Guy Newall
Cinematography	James Wilson
Edited by	Leslie Norman
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	First National-Pathé Pictures
Release date	2 April 1931 (1931-04-02)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Potiphar's Wife is a 1931 British romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Nora Swinburne, Laurence Olivier and Guy Newall. It is also known as Her Strange Desire. It was based on a play by Edgar C. Middleton.

It was made at Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by Clarence Elder.

Cast

Nora Swinburne as Lady Diana Bromford
Laurence Olivier as Straker
Norman McKinnel as Lord Bromford
Guy Newall as Maurice Worthington
Donald Calthrop as Counsel for Defense
Ronald Frankau as Major Tony Barlow
Betty Schuster as Rosita Worthington
Marjorie Brooks as Sylvia Barlow
Walter Armitage as Geoffrey Hayes
Henry Wenman as Stevens
Gibb McLaughlin as Chauffeur
Elsa Lanchester as Therese
Henry Vibart as Judge

References

Potiphar's Wife film details Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 20 January 2016.
Wood p.69

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Potiphar's Wife at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Maurice Elvey
Silent films	Maria Marten (1913) The Suicide Club (1914) The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914) Her Luck in London (1914) The Idol of Paris (1914) There's Good in Everyone (1915) Honeymoon for Three (1915) Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915) Midshipman Easy (1915) Gilbert Dying to Die (1915) Florence Nightingale (1915) From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915) Her Nameless Child (1915) Home (1915) Love in a Wood (1915) Fine Feathers (1915) Charity Ann (1915) A Will of Her Own (1915) Meg the Lady (1916) Esther (1916) Driven (1916) Vice Versa (1916) Money for Nothing (1916) When Knights Were Bold (1916) Trouble for Nothing (1916) The Princess of Happy Chance (1916) The King's Daughter (1916) Mother Love (1916) Smith (1917) The Grit of a Jew (1917) The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917) Justice (1917) The Gay Lord Quex (1917) Flames (1917) Mary Girl (1917) Hindle Wakes (1918) The Greatest Wish in the World (1918) Goodbye (1918) Adam Bede (1918) The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) Nelson (1918) Comradeship (1919) Quinneys (1919) Keeper of the Door (1919) Dombey and Son (1919) The Rocks of Valpre (1919) God's Good Man (1919) Mr. Wu (1919) The Swindler (1919) The Elusive Pimpernel (1919) Bleak House (1920) The Amateur Gentleman (1920) At the Villa Rose (1920) The Hundredth Chance (1920) A Question of Trust (1920) The Tavern Knight (1920) The Victory Leaders (1920) Innocent (1921) A Gentleman of France (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) The Fruitful Vine (1921) A Romance of Wastdale (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Passionate Friends (1922) Running Water (1922) Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922) A Debt of Honour (1922) The Wandering Jew (1923) The Sign of Four (1923) Guy Fawkes (1923) The Royal Oak (1923) Sally Bishop (1923) Don Quixote (1923) Henry, King of Navarre (1924) Slaves of Destiny (1924) The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924) My Husband's Wives (1924) Folly of Vanity (1924) Curlytop (1924) She Wolves (1925) Every Man's Wife (1925) The Woman Tempted (1926) The Flag Lieutenant (1926) Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926) Roses of Picardy (1927) Tragedy of a Marriage (1927) Hindle Wakes (1927) The Flight Commander (1927) Quinneys (1927) The Glad Eye (1927) Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928) Balaclava (1928) Palais de danse (1928) You Know What Sailors Are (1928) High Treason (1929)
Sound films	The School for Scandal (1930) Potiphar's Wife (1931) Sally in Our Alley (1931) A Honeymoon Adventure (1931) Frail Women (1932) In a Monastery Garden (1932) The Marriage Bond (1932) The Water Gipsies (1932) Diamond Cut Diamond (1932) The Lodger (1932) The Lost Chord (1933) I Lived with You (1933) This Week of Grace (1933) Soldiers of the King (1933) Love, Life and Laughter (1934) Road House (1934) Lily of Killarney (1934) The Clairvoyant (1935) The Tunnel (1935) Heat Wave (1935) Spy of Napoleon (1936) The Man in the Mirror (1936) A Romance in Flanders (1937) Who Killed John Savage? (1937) Melody and Romance (1937) Change for a Sovereign (1937) Lightning Conductor (1938) Who Goes Next? (1938) The Return of the Frog (1938) Sword of Honour (1939) Sons of the Sea (1939) Under Your Hat (1940) The Spider (1940) For Freedom (1940) Room for Two (1940) Salute John Citizen (1942) The Lamp Still Burns (1943) Medal for the General (1944) Strawberry Roan (1945) Beware of Pity (1946) The Third Visitor (1951) The Late Edwina Black (1951) My Wife's Lodger (1952) The Great Game (1953) Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) House of Blackmail (1953) The Harassed Hero (1954) What Every Woman Wants (1954) The Gay Dog (1954) The Happiness of Three Women (1954) You Lucky People! (1955) Room in the House (1955) Fun at St. Fanny's (1956) Dry Rot (1956) Stars in Your Eyes (1956) Second Fiddle (1957)

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

Silent films

Maria Marten (1913)
The Suicide Club (1914)
The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914)
Her Luck in London (1914)
The Idol of Paris (1914)
There's Good in Everyone (1915)
Honeymoon for Three (1915)
Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915)
Midshipman Easy (1915)
Gilbert Dying to Die (1915)
Florence Nightingale (1915)
From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915)
Her Nameless Child (1915)
Home (1915)
Love in a Wood (1915)
Fine Feathers (1915)
Charity Ann (1915)
A Will of Her Own (1915)
Meg the Lady (1916)
Esther (1916)
Driven (1916)
Vice Versa (1916)
Money for Nothing (1916)
When Knights Were Bold (1916)
Trouble for Nothing (1916)
The Princess of Happy Chance (1916)
The King's Daughter (1916)
Mother Love (1916)
Smith (1917)
The Grit of a Jew (1917)
The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917)
Justice (1917)
The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
Flames (1917)
Mary Girl (1917)
Hindle Wakes (1918)
The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
Goodbye (1918)
Adam Bede (1918)
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)
Nelson (1918)
Comradeship (1919)
Quinneys (1919)
Keeper of the Door (1919)
Dombey and Son (1919)
The Rocks of Valpre (1919)
God's Good Man (1919)
Mr. Wu (1919)
The Swindler (1919)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
Bleak House (1920)
The Amateur Gentleman (1920)
At the Villa Rose (1920)
The Hundredth Chance (1920)
A Question of Trust (1920)
The Tavern Knight (1920)
The Victory Leaders (1920)
Innocent (1921)
A Gentleman of France (1921)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
The Fruitful Vine (1921)
A Romance of Wastdale (1921)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921)
The Passionate Friends (1922)
Running Water (1922)
Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
A Debt of Honour (1922)
The Wandering Jew (1923)
The Sign of Four (1923)
Guy Fawkes (1923)
The Royal Oak (1923)
Sally Bishop (1923)
Don Quixote (1923)
Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
Slaves of Destiny (1924)
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
My Husband's Wives (1924)
Folly of Vanity (1924)
Curlytop (1924)
She Wolves (1925)
Every Man's Wife (1925)
The Woman Tempted (1926)
The Flag Lieutenant (1926)
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926)
Roses of Picardy (1927)
Tragedy of a Marriage (1927)
Hindle Wakes (1927)
The Flight Commander (1927)
Quinneys (1927)
The Glad Eye (1927)
Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
Balaclava (1928)
Palais de danse (1928)
You Know What Sailors Are (1928)
High Treason (1929)

Sound films

The School for Scandal (1930)
Potiphar's Wife (1931)
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
Frail Women (1932)
In a Monastery Garden (1932)
The Marriage Bond (1932)
The Water Gipsies (1932)
Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
The Lodger (1932)
The Lost Chord (1933)
I Lived with You (1933)
This Week of Grace (1933)
Soldiers of the King (1933)
Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
Road House (1934)
Lily of Killarney (1934)
The Clairvoyant (1935)
The Tunnel (1935)
Heat Wave (1935)
Spy of Napoleon (1936)
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
A Romance in Flanders (1937)
Who Killed John Savage? (1937)
Melody and Romance (1937)
Change for a Sovereign (1937)
Lightning Conductor (1938)
Who Goes Next? (1938)
The Return of the Frog (1938)
Sword of Honour (1939)
Sons of the Sea (1939)
Under Your Hat (1940)
The Spider (1940)
For Freedom (1940)
Room for Two (1940)
Salute John Citizen (1942)
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
Medal for the General (1944)
Strawberry Roan (1945)
Beware of Pity (1946)
The Third Visitor (1951)
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
My Wife's Lodger (1952)
The Great Game (1953)
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
House of Blackmail (1953)
The Harassed Hero (1954)
What Every Woman Wants (1954)
The Gay Dog (1954)
The Happiness of Three Women (1954)
You Lucky People! (1955)
Room in the House (1955)
Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
Dry Rot (1956)
Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
Second Fiddle (1957)

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