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Not So Quiet on the Western Front (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Not So Quiet on the Western Front' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Mona Goya and Wilfred Temple.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090205171237/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/27331 Ftvdb] It was made as a quota quickie by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios.Chibnall p.261 Its title is a reference to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
Cast
* Leslie Fuller as Bill Smith
* Mona Goya as Fifi
* Wilfred Temple as Bob
* Stella Browne as Yvonne
* Gladys Cruickshank as Mimi
* Gerald Lyle as Private Very
* Dmitri Vetter as Private John Willie
* Syd Courtenay as Lieutenant
* Frank Melroyd as Sergeant
* Marjorie Loring as Diane
* Nina Olivette as Dancer
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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