The Grey Glove

The Grey Glove is a 1928 Australian silent film based on a newspaper serial by E. V. Timms.

Written byGayne Dexter (title)^[1]
E. V. Timms (story)

Based onnewspaper serial by E. V. Timms

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The Grey Glove

Directed by	Dunstan Webb
Written by	Gayne Dexter (title)^[1] E. V. Timms (story)
Based on	newspaper serial by E. V. Timms
Edited by	Mona Donaldson^[2]
Production company	Australasian Films
Distributed by	J.C. Williamson Films^[3]
Release date	9 July 1928 (1928-07-09)^[4]^[5]
Running time	5,000 feet
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

Synopsis

An amateur detective, John Courtney, tries to catch a mysterious criminal who always leaves a grey glove behind. He tries to protect the mysterious Pauline Hemingway.

His fiancee Margaret becomes jealous and sets off to follow him dressed as a boy.^[6]^[7]

Cast

Aubrey Kelner as John Courtney^[8]
Val Lassau as Margaret Trent
Phyllis Wheldon as Pauline Hemingway
Charles O'Mara as Inspector Drew
William Thornton as Charlie James
Claude Turton as Simpson
George Ames as Peterson
Carl Francis as Seton Carr
James Alexander as Perry

Production

The film was shot at Australasian's Bondi studios.^[9] It appears to have been shot prior to August 1926.^[10]^[11]

The film was the first screen appearance of Val Lassau who had been in the chorus of Rose Marie.^[12]

It seems there was some extra filming after Christmas 1926.^[13]

Reception

The Australasian called it "an intriguing tale, in which action and mystery arc pleasantly mingled. Fortunately Mr. Webb has aimed at a mark that is not beyond tbc reach of a producer who has not the elaborate equipment of a costly studio at his disposal, and he has achieved his aim. The acting by a large cast is aa least as good as that in any Australian film."^[14]

References

[1]
"BURLINGTON PICTURES". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 8 November 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[2]
""THE GREY GLOVE."". Werribee Shire Banner. No. 1293. Victoria, Australia. 29 November 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[3]
"ALONG FILM ROW", Everyones., 9 (440 (8 August 1928)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-587235225, retrieved 26 February 2024 – via Trove
[4]
"AMUSEMENTS LENARD'S PICTURES". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
[5]
""THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY."". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
[6]
Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 146.
[7]
"PARAMOUNT TO-NIGHT". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 30 March 1929. p. 10. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
[8]
"AUBREY KELLNER'S IDEA." Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate 9 Dec 1926: 4 accessed 13 December 2011
[9]
"SNIPING THE SHOWS". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
[10]
"AUSTRALIAN FILM". The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1926. p. 9. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
[11]
"STUDIO GOSSIP". Western Age. Dubbo, NSW: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
[12]
"The PICTURE WORLD". Table Talk. No. 3145. Victoria, Australia. 16 August 1928. p. 23. Retrieved 26 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[13]
"Master Picture News". The Queanbeyan Age And Queanbeyan Observer. New South Wales, Australia. 4 January 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 26 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[14]
"MOVING PICTURES". The Australasian. Vol. CXXV, no. 4, 155. Victoria, Australia. 25 August 1928. p. 23 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved 26 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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Cast

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Reception

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