Alf's Button (1930 film)
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Alf's Button | |
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Directed by | W.P. Kellino |
Produced by | L'Estrange Fawcett |
Written by | William Darlington (novel) L'Estrange Fawcett |
Starring | Tubby Edlin Alf Goddard Nora Swinburne Polly Ward |
Music by | Louis Levy |
Cinematography | William Shenton Percy Strong |
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Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release dates
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1930 |
Running time
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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 featured some singing and dancing sequences in an early colour process, believed to be Pathécolor.
Plot synopsis
A Cockney soldier discovers a button on his uniform was made from Aladdin's lamp, and grants wishes when rubbed.
Cast
- 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
This film is believed to be lost.[citation needed]
See also
Bibliography
- David R. Sutton, A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929–1939 (University of Exeter Press, 2000)
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Alf's Button at IMDb
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- 1930 films
- 1930s comedy films
- British films
- British comedy films
- Films directed by W.P. Kellino
- Films based on British novels
- Lime Grove Studios films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs
- British black-and-white films