''Blinkeyes'' is a 1926 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by George Pearson and starring

Betty Balfour Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to au ...

, Tom Douglas, and Frank Stanmore. It was shot at

Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which als ...

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. It was the final collaboration between Pearson and Balfour and was considered a disappointment compared to their earlier work.Low p.163

Cast

as Blinkeyes * Tom Douglas as Ken Clay * Frank Stanmore as Flowerpots * Patrick Aherne as The Basher * Hubert Carter as Clary * Dorothy Seacombe as Bella * J. Fisher White as Uncle Dick *

Mary Dibley Mary Dibley (21 February 1883 in London – 11 September 1968) was a British film actress. She was married to the actor Gerald Ames. Selected filmography * '' The Christian'' (1915) * '' The Shulamite'' (1915) * '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * ...

as Mrs. Banning *

Frank Vosper Frank Permain Vosper (15 December 1899, in London – 6 March 1937) was an English actor who appeared in both stage and film roles and a dramatist, playwright and screenwriter. Stage Vosper made his stage debut in 1919 and was best known for pl ...

as Seymour

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1926 films British drama films British silent feature films 1926 drama films 1920s English-language films Films directed by George Pearson Films set in England Films shot at Cricklewood Studios British black-and-white films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub