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Tommy Atkins (1928 Film)
''Tommy Atkins'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Henry Victor and Walter Byron. Based on the eponymous play by Arthur Shirley and Ben Landeck, it features a romantic drama against the backdrop of the British intervention in The Sudan in the 1880s. Plot A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl. Cast * Lillian Hall-Davis as Ruth * Henry Victor as Victor * Walter Byron as Harold * Shayle Gardner as Mason * Jerrold Robertshaw Jerrold Robertshaw (28 March 1866, in Allerton, West Riding of Yorkshire – 14 February 1941, in London) was a British stage and film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dombey and Son'' (1917) * ''Build Thy House'' (1920) * ... as Earl * Pat Courtney as Ruth as a Child * Leslie Tomlinson as Victor as a Child * Alfred Leonard as Harold as a Child References External links * 1928 films 1920s hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Walker (director)
Norman Walker (8 October 1892 – 4 November 1963) was an English film director. In the 1940s he set up his own company G.H.W. Productions, backed by the Rank Organisation, and released four films. Filmography * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928) * ''Widecombe Fair'' (1928) * ''The Hate Ship'' (1929) * '' A Romance of Seville'' (1929) * '' Loose Ends'' (1930) * '' The Middle Watch'' (1930) * ''Uneasy Virtue'' (1931) * '' The Shadow Between'' (1931) * '' Fires of Fate'' (1932) * ''Mr. Bill the Conqueror'' (1932) * ''Forging Ahead'' (1933) * ''The House of Trent'' (1933) * ''The Fortunate Fool'' (1933) * '' The Flaw'' (1933) * '' The Way of Youth'' (1934) * '' Dangerous Ground'' (1934) * '' Lilies of the Field'' (1934) * ''Turn of the Tide'' (1935) * ''Key to Harmony'' (1935) * ''Debt of Honour'' (1936) * ''Sunset in Vienna'' (1937) * ''Our Fighting Navy'' (1937) * ''The Man at the Gate'' (1941) * ''The Great Mr. Handel'' (1942) * ''Hard Steel'' (1942) * '' They Knew Mr. Knight'' (1946) * ''J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerrold Robertshaw
Jerrold Robertshaw (28 March 1866, in Allerton, West Riding of Yorkshire – 14 February 1941, in London) was a British stage and film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dombey and Son'' (1917) * ''Build Thy House'' (1920) * ''The Bonnie Brier Bush'' (1921) * '' A Master of Craft'' (1922) * ''The Wandering Jew'' (1923) * '' Should a Doctor Tell?'' (1923) * '' A Royal Divorce'' (1923) * ''Guy Fawkes'' (1923) * ''Don Quixote'' (1923) * '' The Arab'' (1924) * ''The Sins Ye Do'' (1924) * ''She'' (1925) * '' The Apache'' (1925) * '' A Royal Divorce'' (1926) * '' Huntingtower'' (1927) * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928) * ''Bolibar'' (1928) * '' You Know What Sailors Are'' (1928) * '' Palais de danse'' (1928) * ''Glorious Youth ''Glorious Youth'' is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton and William Freshman. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Eileen of the Trees''. It was one of two films Cutts m .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |