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The Loves of Joanna Godden is a British film of genre Drama directed by Charles Frend with Googie Withers
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
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Add to a movie listThe Loves of Joanna Godden is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon. The screenplay was written by H E Bates and Angus McPhail from the novel by Sheila Kaye-Smith. It stars Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond, Chips Rafferty and Sonia Holm. Some scenes were shot by director Robert Hamer when Frend was ill, through he was uncredited. The music was composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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In Edwardian Britain, a young woman has three suitors who seek her hand in marriage.Actors
Googie Withers
(Joanna Godden)
Jean Kent
(Ellen Godden)
Josephine Stuart
(Grace Wickens)
Edward Rigby
(Stuppeny)
Derek Bond
(Martin Trevor)
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