Splinters_(1929_film) References

Splinters
Splinters
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Written by	W. P. Lipscomb
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Sydney Howard; Nelson Keys; Carroll Gibbons
Cinematography	David Kesson
Production; companies	The Gramophone Company; British & Dominions Film Corporation
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	23 December 1929;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Sound (All-Talking); English
Budget	$175,000
Box office	$500,000

Splinters is an all-talking sound 1929 British musical comedy film based on the stage revue Splinters. It was British & Dominions Film Corporation's first all-talking release filmed entirely in the UK. The revue tells the story of the origin of the concert party Splinters created by UK soldiers in France in 1915. The film was followed by two sequels, Splinters in the Navy (1931) and Splinters in the Air (1937).^[2]^[3]

Cast

Nelson Keys
Sydney Howard as Doleful Soldier
Lew Lake as Nobbler
Hal Jones as Sergeant
Reg Stone as Drag Artist
Wilfred Temple
Carroll Gibbons as Himself, leading the HMV Orchestra
Gus Aubrey as Drag Act
George Baker
Walter Glynne
Sidney Grantham
Clifford Heatherley as Sergeant Miller

References

^ ^a ^b "English Making Money". Variety. 17 September 1930. p. 57.
^ "Splinters". silentera.con. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
^ "Splinters (1929)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

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[eng-1] "English Making Money". Variety. 17 September 1930. p. 57.

[2] "Splinters". silentera.con. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

[3] "Splinters (1929)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

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