''The Warning'', also known as ''Introspection'', is a 1928 British silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It was made at

Welwyn Studios Welwyn Studios was a British film studio located at Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, in Hertfordshire. The facility operated between 1928 and 1950. The studios were first constructed by British Instructional Films, and converted to make s ...

. It was originally released silent, but in 1930 it was re-released with added

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Premise

A mother tries to persuade her daughter from eloping.

Cast

as Jim *

as The Other Woman *

as Mary * Pearl Hay as The Child

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films British drama films British silent feature films Films shot at Welwyn Studios Films directed by Reginald Fogwell British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub