''Old Roses'' is a 1935 British
crime film directed by
Bernard Mainwaring and starring
Horace Hodges
Horace Hodges (19 December 1863 – 6 July 1951) was a British stage and film actor and writer.
Hodges was the author (with Thomas Wigney Percyval) of the play ''Grumpy'' which saw a Broadway production in 1913, a silent film version in 1923, a ...
,
Nancy Burne and
Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester (6 June 1912 – 13 June 2008) was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods. Betwe ...
.
BFI.org
/ref> The screenplay concerns an elderly man who assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.
Cast
* Horace Hodges
Horace Hodges (19 December 1863 – 6 July 1951) was a British stage and film actor and writer.
Hodges was the author (with Thomas Wigney Percyval) of the play ''Grumpy'' which saw a Broadway production in 1913, a silent film version in 1923, a ...
as Johnnie Lee
* Nancy Burne as Jenny Erroll
* Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester (6 June 1912 – 13 June 2008) was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods. Betwe ...
as Chris Morgan
* 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)
* ' ...
as John Morgan
* Felix Aylmer
Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Aylmer made appearances in films with comedians such as Will Hay and George Formby.
Earl ...
as Lord Sandelbury
* Wilfred Walter as Sweeton
* Esme Church
Esme Church (10 February 1893 – 31 May 1972) was a British actress and theatre director. In a long career she acted with the Old Vic Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company and on Broadway. She directed plays for the Old Vic, became head of the ...
as Mrs Erroll
* George Hayes Simes
* Eric Portman
Eric Harold Portman (13 July 1901 – 7 December 1969) was an English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s.
Early life
Born in Halifax, ...
as Lou
* Trefor Jones as Singing Gypsy
References
External links
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1935 films
1935 crime films
Films directed by Bernard Mainwaring
Fox Film films
British black-and-white films
British crime films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
1930s British films
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