# Song of the Forge

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{{Infobox film
| name = Song of the Forge
| image =
| caption =
| director = [Henry Edwards](/source/Henry_Edwards_(actor)) 
| producer = {{ubl|Norman Hope-Bell|[Wilfred Noy](/source/Wilfred_Noy)}}
| writer = {{ubl|J.D. Lewin|[H. Fowler Mear](/source/H._Fowler_Mear)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[Stanley Holloway](/source/Stanley_Holloway)|[Lawrence Grossmith](/source/Lawrence_Grossmith)|[Davy Burnaby](/source/Davy_Burnaby)}}
| music = [Horace Sheldon](/source/Horace_Sheldon)
| cinematography = [Desmond Dickinson](/source/Desmond_Dickinson)
| editing = [Challis Sanderson](/source/Challis_Sanderson)
| studio = [Butcher's Film Service](/source/Butcher's_Film_Service)
| distributor = Butcher's Film Service 
| released = {{Film date|1937|05|01|df=yes}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English 
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Song of the Forge''''' is a 1937 British [musical film](/source/musical_film) directed by [Henry Edwards](/source/Henry_Edwards_(actor)) and starring [Stanley Holloway](/source/Stanley_Holloway), [Lawrence Grossmith](/source/Lawrence_Grossmith) and Eleanor Fayre.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114073711/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/51491 BFI.org]</ref> The screenplay concerns an elderly blacksmith who refuses assistance from his wealthy son in spite of his own poverty.

It was made at [Cricklewood Studios](/source/Cricklewood_Studios) by [Butcher's Film Service](/source/Butcher's_Film_Service).<ref>Wood p.97</ref>

==Cast==
* [Stanley Holloway](/source/Stanley_Holloway) as Joe / Sir William Barrett 
* [Lawrence Grossmith](/source/Lawrence_Grossmith) as Den Dalton 
* Eleanor Fayre as Sylvia Brent 
* [Davy Burnaby](/source/Davy_Burnaby) as Auctioneer 
* [C. Denier Warren](/source/C._Denier_Warren) as Farmer George 
* [Arthur Chesney](/source/Arthur_Chesney) as Huckleberry 
* [Aubrey Fitzgerald](/source/Aubrey_Fitzgerald) as Oldest Inhabitant 
* [Hal Walters](/source/Hal_Walters) as Sam Tucker 
* Charles Hayes as Mayor 
* [Ian Wilson](/source/Ian_Wilson_(actor)) as Albert Meek 
* [Hay Plumb](/source/Hay_Plumb) as Assistant 
* [Bruce Gordon](/source/Bruce_Gordon_(actor%2Fdirector)) as Ted Salter

==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|0149002}}

{{Henry Edwards}}

Category:1937 English-language films
Category:1937 British films
Category:1937 films
Category:1937 musical films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British musical films
Category:Films directed by Henry Edwards
Category:Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
Category:Films set in England
Category:English-language musical films

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