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My Old Dutch (1934 film)
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Wikipedia article
'My Old Dutch' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Michael Hogan and Florrie Forde. The film portrays the lives of Londoners during the First World War. The film was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.Wood p.83 The film's sets were designed by Peter Proud. Bryan Edgar Wallace contributed to the screenplay, adapted from the stage play written by Arthur Shirley and also based on Albert Chevalier's famous song.
Synopsis
This film tracks the highlights of a cockney couple's son as he marries a rich man's disowned daughter and dies in the RFC.
Cast
* Betty Balfour as Lil
* Gordon Harker as Ernie
* Michael Hogan as Bert
* Florrie Forde as Aunt Bertha
* Mickey Brantford as Jim
* Glennis Lorimer as Valerie Paraday
* Peter Gawthorne as Mr Paraday
* Frank Pettingell as Uncle Alf
* Robert Nainby as Grandpa
* Bill Shine (actor) as Cousin 'arry
* Finlay Currie as Mo
* Felix Aylmer as Judge
* John Singer as Jim as a child
* Ronald Shiner
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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