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My Daughter Joy

Directed by	Gregory Ratoff
Written by	Robert Thoeren William Rose
Based on	David Golder by Irène Némirovsky
Produced by	Gregory Ratoff
Starring	Edward G. Robinson Peggy Cummins Richard Greene
Cinematography	Georges Périnal
Edited by	Raymond Poulton
Music by	Raymond Gallois-Montbrun
Production company	London Films
Distributed by	British Lion Films
Release date	21 August 1950 (1950-08-21)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£106,399 (UK)

My Daughter Joy is a 1950 British drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Edward G. Robinson, Peggy Cummins and Richard Greene. The screenplay concerns a millionaire who spoils his only daughter, but has a strained relationship with his wife.

The film is a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel David Golder by Irène Némirovsky, which had previously been made into in a 1931 French film of the same title. It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures.

Cast

Edward G. Robinson as George Constantin
Peggy Cummins as Georgette Constantin
Richard Greene as Larry
Nora Swinburne as Ava Constantin
Walter Rilla as Andreas
Finlay Currie as Sir Thomas McTavish
James Robertson Justice as Professor Keval
Ronald Adam as Colonel Fogarty
David Hutcheson as Annix
Gregory Ratoff as Marcos
Peter Illing as Sultan
Harry Lane as Barboza
Don Nehan as Polato
Roberto Villa as Prince Alzar
Ronald Ward as Doctor Schindler

References

Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p492
"BFI Film Database". Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2010.

External links

My Daughter Joy at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Gregory Ratoff
Sins of Man (1936) Lancer Spy (1937) Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) Rose of Washington Square (1939) Hotel for Women (1939) Intermezzo (1939) Day-Time Wife (1939) Barricade (1939) I Was an Adventuress (1940) Public Deb No. 1 (1940) Adam Had Four Sons (1941) The Corsican Brothers (1941) The Men in Her Life (1941) Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942) Footlight Serenade (1942) Something to Shout About (1943) The Heat's On (1943) Song of Russia (1944) Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) Paris Underground (1945) Do You Love Me (1946) Carnival in Costa Rica (1947) Moss Rose (1947) That Dangerous Age (1949) Black Magic (1949) My Daughter Joy (1950) Taxi (1953) Abdulla the Great (1955) Oscar Wilde (1960)

Films directed by Gregory Ratoff

Sins of Man (1936)
Lancer Spy (1937)
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Hotel for Women (1939)
Intermezzo (1939)
Day-Time Wife (1939)
Barricade (1939)
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
The Corsican Brothers (1941)
The Men in Her Life (1941)
Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
Something to Shout About (1943)
The Heat's On (1943)
Song of Russia (1944)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
Paris Underground (1945)
Do You Love Me (1946)
Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
Moss Rose (1947)
That Dangerous Age (1949)
Black Magic (1949)
My Daughter Joy (1950)
Taxi (1953)
Abdulla the Great (1955)
Oscar Wilde (1960)

v t e Films by Alexander Korda
As director	Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914) The Duped Journalist (1914) Tutyu and Totyo (1914) Lyon Lea (1915) The Officer's Swordknot (1915) White Nights (1916) The Grandmother (1916) Tales of the Typewriter (1916) The Man with Two Hearts (1916) The One Million Pound Note (1916) Cyclamen (1916) Struggling Hearts (1916) The Laughing Saskia (1916) Miska the Magnate (1916) St. Peter's Umbrella (1917) The Stork Caliph (1917) Magic (1917) Harrison and Barrison (1917) Faun (1918) The Man with the Golden Touch (1918) Mary Ann (1918) Ave Caesar! (1919) White Rose (1919) Yamata (1919) Man of Gold (1919) Neither at Home or Abroad (1919) Number 111 (1919) The Prince and the Pauper (1920) Masters of the Sea (1922) A Vanished World (1922) Samson and Delilah (1922) The Unknown Tomorrow (1923) Everybody's Woman (1924) Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924) Dancing Mad (1925) Madame Wants No Children (1926) A Modern Dubarry (1927) The Stolen Bride (1927) The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) Yellow Lily (1928) Night Watch (1928) Love and the Devil (1929) The Squall (1929) Her Private Life (1929) Lilies of the Field (1930) Women Everywhere (1930) The Princess and the Plumber (1930) The Men Around Lucy (1931) Rive gauche (1931) Marius (1931) Longing for the Sea (1931) The Golden Anchor (1932) Service for Ladies (1932) Wedding Rehearsal (1932) The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) La dame de chez Maxim's (1933) The Girl from Maxim's (1933) The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) Rembrandt (1936) That Hamilton Woman (1941) Perfect Strangers (1945) An Ideal Husband (1947)
As producer only	Men of Tomorrow (1932) That Night in London (1932) Women Who Play (1932) Strange Evidence (1933) Counsel's Opinion (1933) Cash (1933) Catherine the Great (1934) The Private Life of the Gannets (1934) (short) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Things Are Looking Up (1935) Sanders of the River (1935) The Ghost Goes West (1935) Things to Come (1936) I Stand Condemned (1936) Men Are Not Gods (1936) Forget Me Not (1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) Fire Over England (1937) I, Claudius (1937) (unfinished) Dark Journey (1937) Elephant Boy (1937) Farewell Again (1937) Storm in a Teacup (1937) Knight Without Armour (1937) The Squeaker (1937) Paradise for Two (1937) The Divorce of Lady X (1938) South Riding (1938) The Challenge (1938) Prison Without Bars (1938) Q Planes (1939) The Four Feathers (1939) The Rebel Son (1939) The Spy in Black (1939) The Lion Has Wings (1939) Over the Moon (1939) 21 Days (1940) Conquest of the Air (1940) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Old Bill and Son (1941) Lydia (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942) The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) A Man About the House (1947) Mine Own Executioner (1947) Night Beat (1948) Anna Karenina (1948) The Winslow Boy (1948) The Fallen Idol (1948) Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) That Dangerous Age (1949) The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) Saints and Sinners (1949) The Third Man (1949) The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) The Deep Blue Sea (1955) Storm Over the Nile (1955) Richard III (1955) Smiley (1956)

Films by Alexander Korda

As director

Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914)
The Duped Journalist (1914)
Tutyu and Totyo (1914)
Lyon Lea (1915)
The Officer's Swordknot (1915)
White Nights (1916)
The Grandmother (1916)
Tales of the Typewriter (1916)
The Man with Two Hearts (1916)
The One Million Pound Note (1916)
Cyclamen (1916)
Struggling Hearts (1916)
The Laughing Saskia (1916)
Miska the Magnate (1916)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1917)
The Stork Caliph (1917)
Magic (1917)
Harrison and Barrison (1917)
Faun (1918)
The Man with the Golden Touch (1918)
Mary Ann (1918)
Ave Caesar! (1919)
White Rose (1919)
Yamata (1919)
Man of Gold (1919)
Neither at Home or Abroad (1919)
Number 111 (1919)
The Prince and the Pauper (1920)
Masters of the Sea (1922)
A Vanished World (1922)
Samson and Delilah (1922)
The Unknown Tomorrow (1923)
Everybody's Woman (1924)
Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924)
Dancing Mad (1925)
Madame Wants No Children (1926)
A Modern Dubarry (1927)
The Stolen Bride (1927)
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
Yellow Lily (1928)
Night Watch (1928)
Love and the Devil (1929)
The Squall (1929)
Her Private Life (1929)
Lilies of the Field (1930)
Women Everywhere (1930)
The Princess and the Plumber (1930)
The Men Around Lucy (1931)
Rive gauche (1931)
Marius (1931)
Longing for the Sea (1931)
The Golden Anchor (1932)
Service for Ladies (1932)
Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
La dame de chez Maxim's (1933)
The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
Rembrandt (1936)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Perfect Strangers (1945)
An Ideal Husband (1947)

As producer only

Men of Tomorrow (1932)
That Night in London (1932)
Women Who Play (1932)
Strange Evidence (1933)
Counsel's Opinion (1933)
Cash (1933)
Catherine the Great (1934)
The Private Life of the Gannets (1934) (short)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Things Are Looking Up (1935)
Sanders of the River (1935)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Things to Come (1936)
I Stand Condemned (1936)
Men Are Not Gods (1936)
Forget Me Not (1936)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
Fire Over England (1937)
I, Claudius (1937) (unfinished)
Dark Journey (1937)
Elephant Boy (1937)
Farewell Again (1937)
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
Knight Without Armour (1937)
The Squeaker (1937)
Paradise for Two (1937)
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
South Riding (1938)
The Challenge (1938)
Prison Without Bars (1938)
Q Planes (1939)
The Four Feathers (1939)
The Rebel Son (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
Over the Moon (1939)
21 Days (1940)
Conquest of the Air (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Old Bill and Son (1941)
Lydia (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)
The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
A Man About the House (1947)
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
Night Beat (1948)
Anna Karenina (1948)
The Winslow Boy (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
That Dangerous Age (1949)
The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949)
Saints and Sinners (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
Richard III (1955)
Smiley (1956)

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