''Boomerang'' is a 1934 British
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-g ...
directed by
Arthur Maude
Arthur John Maude (23 July 1880 – 9 January 1950) was an English actor, screenwriter, and film director.
Biography
Maude was born Arthur John Maud on 23 July 1880 in Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, to William Robert Maud (1849–1919) and ...
and starring
Lester Matthews
Arthur Lester Matthews (6 June 1900 – 5 June 1975) was an English actor. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews pla ...
,
Nora Swinburne
Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English people, English actress who appeared in many Cinema of the United Kingdom, British films.
Early years
Swinburne was born in Bath, Somer ...
, and
Harvey Braban
Harvey Braban (19 May 1883, in Brighton, Sussex, UK – 1943) was a British stage actor. He also appeared in films between 1920–1938.
Braban performed regularly in West End plays, and also occasionally on Broadway. From 1920 he began appe ...
. It was made at
Walton Studios
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England.[Lester Matthews
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as David Kennedy
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Nora Swinburne
Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English people, English actress who appeared in many Cinema of the United Kingdom, British films.
Early years
Swinburne was born in Bath, Somer ...
as Elizabeth Stafford
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Harvey Braban
Harvey Braban (19 May 1883, in Brighton, Sussex, UK – 1943) was a British stage actor. He also appeared in films between 1920–1938.
Braban performed regularly in West End plays, and also occasionally on Broadway. From 1920 he began appe ...
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Wallace Geoffrey
Wallace Geoffrey was a British writer and actor.
Partial filmography
Actor
* ''Brown Sugar'' (1931)
* '' The House Opposite'' (1931)
* '' The Flying Fool'' (1931)
* '' Detective Lloyd'', a serial
* '' Life Goes On'' (1932)
* ''Aren't We All?'' (1 ...
*
Charles Mortimer
Charles Mortimer (1885–1964) was a British actor.
Son of Charles Neil Mortimer - actor.
Husband of Greta Wood - actress.
Filmography
* '' Watch Beverly'' (1932) (film debut)
* '' You Made Me Love You'' (1933)
* '' Sometimes Good'' (1934)
* ...
* Millicent Wolf
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1934 films
British drama films
1934 drama films
Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
Films directed by Arthur Maude
Quota quickies
British black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by John Paddy Carstairs
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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