''Alf's Carpet'' is a 1929 British
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
W. P. Kellino and starring
Gerald Rawlinson
Gerald Rawlinson (1904–1975) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
*''The Hellcat'' (1928)
*''Life's a Stage'' (1928)
*'' The Rising Generation'' (1928)
*'' Young Woodley'' (1928)
*'' The Silent House'' (1929)
*''The Devil's Maze'' (192 ...
,
Gladys Hamer
Gladys Hamer (27 May 1884 – 13 March 1967) was a British stage and film actress. She appeared in a number of silent and early sound films.
Selected filmography
* '' Mary-Find-the-Gold'' (1921)
* '' Monty Works the Wires'' (1921)
* '' The Res ...
,
Harald Madsen
Harald Martin Bergmann Madsen (20 November 1890 – 13 July 1949) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1917 and 1948. Harald Madsen was a part of the Danish comedian couple '' Fyrtårnet og Bivognen'' (''Fy og Bi''), kno ...
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
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''The Rocket Bus''.
Production
The film was made by
British International Pictures
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned appro ...
at
Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios ha ...
. It was originally intended as a silent, but as British studios switched to
sound film
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and large chunks of it were shot in sound.
Cast
*
Gerald Rawlinson
Gerald Rawlinson (1904–1975) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
*''The Hellcat'' (1928)
*''Life's a Stage'' (1928)
*'' The Rising Generation'' (1928)
*'' Young Woodley'' (1928)
*'' The Silent House'' (1929)
*''The Devil's Maze'' (192 ...
as Jimmy Donaldson
*
Gladys Hamer
Gladys Hamer (27 May 1884 – 13 March 1967) was a British stage and film actress. She appeared in a number of silent and early sound films.
Selected filmography
* '' Mary-Find-the-Gold'' (1921)
* '' Monty Works the Wires'' (1921)
* '' The Res ...
as Lizzie Fletcher
*
Harald Madsen
Harald Martin Bergmann Madsen (20 November 1890 – 13 July 1949) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1917 and 1948. Harald Madsen was a part of the Danish comedian couple '' Fyrtårnet og Bivognen'' (''Fy og Bi''), kno ...
as Alf
*
Carl Schenstrøm as Bill
*
Philip Hewland
Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini.
Selected filmography
* '' The Christian'' (1915)
* '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916)
* ''Ar ...
as Djinn
*
Edward O'Neill as Joan's Father
*
Janice Adair
Janice Adair (25 May 1905 – 11 November 1996) was a British film actress of the early sound era. She was married to the film editor Alfred Roome.
Biography
Janice Adair was born Beatrice Mary Duffy in Morpeth, Northumberland in 1905 to Thom ...
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 Caliph
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
* Warren, Patricia. ''Elstree: The British Hollywood''. Columbus Books, 1988.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
1929 films
1929 comedy films
British buddy comedy films
1920s English-language films
British silent feature films
Films directed by W. P. Kellino
Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Transitional sound comedy films
Films based on British novels
British black-and-white films
1920s British films
Silent comedy films
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