Mumsie

1927 film

  • Pauline Frederick
  • Nelson Keys
  • Herbert Marshall
  • Frank Stanmore
CinematographyBernard Knowles
Production
company
Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • September 1927 (1927-09)
Running time
6,858 feet[1]CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Mumsie is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Pauline Frederick, Nelson Keys and Herbert Marshall.[2] It was adapted from the 1920 play of the same title by Edward Knoblock about a favourite son of a family who proves to be a coward when war breaks out. Pauline Frederick's last silent film.[3] Mumsie is a lost film.[4] It was made at Twickenham Studios.

The film was a major success and helped Herbert Marshall establish himself in Hollywood soon afterwards.[5]

Cast

  • Pauline Frederick as Mumsie
  • Nelson Keys as Spud Murphy
  • Herbert Marshall as Col. Armytage (film debut)
  • Frank Stanmore as Nobby Clarke
  • Donald Macardle as Noel Symonds
  • Irene Russell as Louise Symonds
  • Rolf Leslie as Edgar Symonds

References

  1. ^ Low p.415
  2. ^ "Mumsie (1927) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ Low p.177
  4. ^ ""Mumsie"". Stanford.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ^ Low p.278

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
  • Mumsie at IMDb
  • synopsis at AllMovie
  • theatre advert for showing on The Isle of Man(archived)
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