''Flood Tide'' is a 1934 British
drama film
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directed by
John Baxter and starring
George Carney
George Carney (21 November 1887 – 9 December 1947) was a British comedian and film actor.
Born in Bristol, he worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipyards. In 1906 he made his debut stage ...
,
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 ...
and
Minnie Rayner
Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress.
In 1889, while in South Africa, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was staged ...
. It was made at
Twickenham Studios
Twickenham Studios (formerly known as Twickenham Film Studios) is a film studio in St Margarets, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, that is used by various motion picture and television companies. It was established in 1913 by Ralph ...
as a
quota quickie
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928.
D ...
for release by
RKO Pictures
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.
[Wood p.82]
The sets were designed by
James A. Carter, the regular Twickenham
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
. Many scenes of the film were shot
on location along the River Thames.
Synopsis
A retiring
lockkeeper and his wife are concerned that their son Ted Salter, who is serving in the
Royal Navy
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should settle down and start a family. They hope that this will be with his childhood sweetheart Betty the daughter of their old friend Captain Bill Buckett who operates a boat on the
River Thames
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. However Ted has taken up with a flirtatious barmaid, at one point even risking arrest as a
deserter
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because of her before reconciling with Betty. The film ends with Bill Buckett triumphing in an annual regatta.
Cast
*
George Carney
George Carney (21 November 1887 – 9 December 1947) was a British comedian and film actor.
Born in Bristol, he worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipyards. In 1906 he made his debut stage ...
as Captain Bill Buckett
*
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 Betty Buckett
*
Minnie Rayner
Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress.
In 1889, while in South Africa, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was staged ...
as Sarah Salter
*
Wilson Coleman
Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor.
He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as South Africa. His hobbies w ...
as Ben Salter
* Leslie Hatton as Ted Salter
*
Peggy Novak
Peggy Novak was a British actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Smithy'' (1933)
* '' I Adore You'' (1933)
*''The Diplomatic Lover'' (1934)
* '' Oh No Doctor!'' (1934)
* ''Music Hall'' (1934)
* ''Flood Tide'' (1934)
* '' A Little Bit of Bluff'' (193 ...
as Mabel Pringle
*
Mark Daly as Scotty
*
as Titch
* Wilfred Benson as Addock
* William Fazan as Sir Thomas Maitland
* Bertram Dench as Charles Tupper
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
1930s English-language films
Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios
Films directed by John Baxter
Films set in England
Films set in London
Seafaring films
British black-and-white films
1930s British films
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