Alf’s Button
(1920) England
B&W : Seven reels / 7050 feet
Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth
Cast: Leslie Henson [Alf Higgins], Alma Taylor [Liz], Gerald Ames [Lieutenant Denis Allen], James Carew [Eustace the genie], Eileen Dennes [Lady Isobel Fitzpeter], John McAndrews [Bill Grant], Gwynne Herbert [Lady Fitzpeter], Jean Cadell [the vicar’s wife]
Hepworth Picture Plays production. / Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Scenario by Blanche McIntosh (Blanche MacIntosh), from the play Alf’s Button by W.A. Darlington. / Released May 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the United Kingdom on 27 September 1921. The film was released in the USA by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 6 December 1921. The play was subsequently filmed as Alf’s Button (1930).
Comedy.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 November 2022.
References: Gifford-British n. 06914; Perry-British pp. 45-46, 327 : Website-IMDb.
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