One of the Best (film)
1927 film
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One of the Best is a 1927 British silent historical drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Walter Byron and Eve Gray.[2] It was based on a play by Seymour Hicks. Film historian Rachael Low described it as an "unsophisticated costume drama".[3] The 'drumming out' scene of Lieutenant Keppel was filmed at Hounslow Barracks using the officers and men of the Royal Fusiliers wearing 1820s uniforms.
Directed byT. Hayes Hunter
Written byGeorge Edwardes-Hall (play)
Seymour Hicks (play)
Patrick L. Mannock
Seymour Hicks (play)
Patrick L. Mannock
Produced byMichael Balcon
Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle Blackwell
| One of the Best | |
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| Directed by | T. Hayes Hunter |
| Written by | George Edwardes-Hall (play) Seymour Hicks (play) Patrick L. Mannock |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Carlyle Blackwell |
| Starring | Carlyle Blackwell Eve Gray Walter Byron Randle Ayrton |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 8,000[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Carlyle Blackwell as Philip Ellsworth
- Walter Byron as Lieutenant Dudley Keppel
- Eve Gray as Mary Penrose
- Randle Ayrton as General Gregg
- James Carew as Colonel Gentry
- Julie Suedo as Claire Melville
- James Lindsay as Maurice de Gruchy
- Pauline Johnson as Esther
- Elsa Lanchester as Kitty
- Charles Emerald as Private Jupp
- Cecil Barry as Lieutenant Wynne
- Simeon Stuart as Squire Penrose
- Harold Huth as Adjutant
