A South Sea Bubble is a 1928 British silent comedy adventure film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Ivor Novello, Benita Hume and Alma Taylor.[2] The screenplay concerns a group of adventurers who head to the Pacific Ocean to hunt for buried treasure. It was made at Islington Studios.[3]
| A South Sea Bubble | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | T. Hayes Hunter |
| Written by | Angus MacPhail Alma Reville |
| Based on | novel by Roland Pertwee[1] |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon S.C. Balcon |
| Starring | Ivor Novello Benita Hume Alma Taylor Annette Benson |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Cast
edit- Ivor Novello as Vernon Winslow
- Benita Hume as Averil Rochester
- Alma Taylor as Mary Ottery
- Annette Benson as Lydia la Rue
- Sydney Seaward as William Carpenter
- S. J. Warmington as Frank Sullivan
- Ben Field as Isinglass
- Harold Huth as Pirate
- John F. Hamilton as Tony Gates
- Mary Dibley as Olive Barbary
References
edit- ^ "Film Hickers". Western Mail. Vol. XLIII, no. 2, 192. Western Australia. 16 February 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Wood p.66
Bibliography
edit- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
editThe below is a transcription from a ship's manifest and relates to the making of the film "A South Sea Bubble";
Vessel; Jan Pieterszoon Coen (Nederland Royal Mail Line) Departed; 4 February 1928 From; Southampton Destination; Algiers (and onwards)
On the passenger list in 1st Class were;
Mr. Sydney Sidmer Seaward as Actor Mr. William John Hamilton as Actor Mr. Stanley James Warmington as Actor Mr. Benjamin Arthur Field as Actor Mr. Robert Holmes as Actor
Mrs. Benita Siepmann as Actress (Professionally known as Benita Hume) sic, as on page Mrs. Lilian Ames as Actress (Professionally known as Mary Dibley) sic, as on page Mrs. Kathleen Lenzer as Actress (professionally known as Annette Benson) - sic, as on page Mrs. Violet Weinstein as Actress (this entry was struck through) Miss Alma Taylor as Film Artist
Mr. James Graham Kelly as Assistant Film Director Mr. John Henry Morley as Camera Mechanic Mr. Richard George Wilson as Cinematographer Mr. John Charles Ramsay as Property Master Mr. Reginald Ernest Enckell Beck as Assistant Camera Man
Ivor Novello as Musical Composer of 11 Aldwych, London, WC2 William Lloyd Charles Williams as Private Secretary of 11 Aldwych, London, WC2
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