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Flood Tide (1934 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Flood Tide' is a 1934 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring George Carney, Janice Adair and Minnie Rayner. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.Wood p.82
The sets were designed by James A. Carter, the regular Twickenham art director. Many scenes of the film were shot on location along the River Thames.
Synopsis
A retiring lockkeeper and his wife are concerned that their son Ted Salter, who is serving in the Royal Navy should settle down and start a family. They hope that this will be with his childhood sweetheart Betty the daughter of their old friend Captain Bill Buckett who operates a boat on the River Thames. However Ted has taken up with a flirtatious barmaid, at one point even risking arrest as a deserter because of her before reconciling with Betty. The film ends with Bill Buckett triumphing in an annual regatta.
Cast
* George Carney as Captain Bill Buckett
* Janice Adair as Betty Buckett
* Minnie Rayner as Sarah Salter
* Wilson Coleman as Ben Salter
* Leslie Hatton as Ted Salter
* Peggy Novak as Mabel Pringle
* Mark Daly as Scotty
* Edgar Driver as Titch
* Wilfred Benson as Addock
* William Fazan as Sir Thomas Maitland
* Bertram Dench as Charles Tupper
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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