Alf's Button (1930 film)
Appearance
Alf's Button | |
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Directed by | W. P. Kellino |
Written by | L'Estrange Fawcett |
Based on | Alf's Button by William Darlington |
Produced by | L'Estrange Fawcett |
Starring | Tubby Edlin Alf Goddard Nora Swinburne Polly Ward |
Cinematography | William Shenton Percy Strong |
Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Alf's Button is a 1930 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard and Nora Swinburne. It is an adaptation of the 1920 novel Alf's Button by William Aubrey Darlington. The film features some singing and dancing sequences in an early colour process, which is believed to be Pathécolor.[1]
Premise
[edit]A Cockney soldier discovers that a button on his uniform was made from Aladdin's lamp. When rubbed, the button grants wishes.
Cast
[edit]- Tubby Edlin as Alf Higgins
- Alf Goddard as Bill Grant
- Nora Swinburne as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
- Polly Ward as Liz
- Humberston Wright as Eustace the genie
- Annie Esmond as Mrs. Gaskins
- Gypsy Rhouma as Lucy
- Peter Haddon as Lieutenant Allen
- Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Major
- Bruce Winston as Mustapha
- Spencer Trevor as Lord Dunwater
- Anton Dolin
- Merle Oberon
- Jimmy Nervo
- Teddy Knox
Preservation status
[edit]This film is believed to be held at the British Film Institute in London.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- David R. Sutton, A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929–1939 (University of Exeter Press, 2000)
External links
[edit]- Alf's Button at IMDb
Categories:
- 1930 films
- 1930 comedy films
- 1930s color films
- 1930 lost films
- British comedy films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films directed by W. P. Kellino
- Films based on British novels
- Films shot at Lime Grove Studios
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- British black-and-white films
- Remakes of British films
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- Lost British comedy films
- Films based on Aladdin
- 1930s British films
- Films scored by Louis Levy
- English-language comedy films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs