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Alf's Carpet
''Alf's Carpet'' is a 1929 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Gerald Rawlinson, Gladys Hamer, Harald Madsen and Carl Schenstrøm. It was loosely based on the 1920 novel '' Alf's Button'' by W.A. Darlington. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Rocket Bus''. Production The film was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was originally intended as a silent, but as British studios switched to sound film and large chunks of it were shot in sound. Cast * Gerald Rawlinson as Jimmy Donaldson * Gladys Hamer as Lizzie Fletcher * Harald Madsen as Alf * Carl Schenstrøm as Bill * Philip Hewland as Djinn * Edward O'Neill as Joan's Father * Janice Adair as Joan * Frank Perfitt Frank James Robert Perfitt (1880 – 1958) was a British film actor, born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1880. He died in Surrey in 1958. Selected filmography * '' The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1924) * '' Love and Hate'' (1924) * ''The Sins Ye Do'' (1924) * ... as ...
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Val Valentine
Val Valentine (1895–1971) was a British screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' The Vagabond Queen'' (1929) * ''Alf's Carpet'' (1929) * ''Elstree Calling'' (1930) * ''Why Sailors Leave Home'' (1930) * '' The Rocket Bus'' (1930) * ''The Compulsory Husband'' (1930) * ''The Yellow Mask'' (1930) * '' Almost a Honeymoon'' (1930) * ''Compromising Daphne'' (1930) * ''Song of Soho'' (1930) * '' Old Soldiers Never Die'' (1931) * ''The Love Habit'' (1931) * ''The Wife's Family'' (1931) * ''Poor Old Bill'' (1931) * ''Rich and Strange'' (1931) * ''Kiss Me Sergeant'' (1932) * ''Pyjamas Preferred'' (1932) * '' Get That Venus'' (1933) * ''Captain Bill'' (1936) * ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1937) * ''Feather Your Nest'' (1937) * '' Cafe Colette'' (1937) * '' Keep Smiling'' (1938) * ''The High Command'' (1938) * '' Come on George!'' (1939) * ''Shipyard Sally'' (1939) * ''Gasbags'' (1941) * '' Waterloo Road'' (1945) * ''I'll Be Your Sweetheart'' (1945) * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) * ''This Was a W ...
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Sound Film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures became commercially practical. Reliable synchronization was difficult to achieve with the early sound-on-disc systems, and amplification and recording quality were also inadequate. Innovations in sound-on-film led to the first commercial screening of short motion pictures using the technology, which took place in 1923. The primary steps in the commercialization of sound cinema were taken in the mid-to-late 1920s. At first, the sound films which included synchronized dialogue, known as "talking pictures", or "talkies", were exclusively shorts. The earliest feature-length movies with recorded sound included only music and effects. The first feature film originally presented as a talkie (although it had only limited so ...
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Films Based On British Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ...
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Transitional Sound Comedy Films
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Films Shot At British International Pictures Studios
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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Films Directed By W
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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British Silent Feature Films
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1920s English-language Films
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British Buddy Comedy Films
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1929 Comedy Films
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1929 Films
The following is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1929 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on. * February 1 – ''The Broadway Melody'' is released by MGM and becomes the first major musical film of the sound era, sparking a host of imitators as well as a series of ''Broadway Melody'' films that will run until 1940. * February 18 – The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are announced for the year ended August 1, 1928. * March 3 – William Fox announces that he has taken control of Loews Inc., including its subsidiary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, buying shares from Marcus Loew's widow and sons and Nicholas Schenck for $50 million. The acquisition eventually falls through. * May 16 – The first Academy Awards are distributed at The Hollyw ...
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Frank Perfitt
Frank James Robert Perfitt (1880 – 1958) was a British film actor, born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1880. He died in Surrey in 1958. Selected filmography * '' The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1924) * '' Love and Hate'' (1924) * ''The Sins Ye Do'' (1924) * ''Nelson'' (1926) * ''Dawn'' (1928) * ''What Next?'' (1928) * '' Maria Marten''(1928) * '' The Silent House'' (1929) * '' The Celestial City'' (1929) * '' The Woman in White'' (1929) * ''Alf's Carpet'' (1929) * '' Night Birds'' (1930) * ''Red Pearls'' (1930) * '' You'd Be Surprised!'' (1930) * ''Compromising Daphne'' (1930) * ''The Love Race'' (1931) * ''Number, Please'' (1931) * ''The Pride of the Force'' (1933) * '' Tonight's the Night'' (1932) * ''Keep Your Seats, Please'' (1936) * ''Feather Your Nest ''Feather Your Nest'' is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor. Plot A worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song, " Leani ...
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