''A Peep Behind the Scenes'' is a 1929 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Jack Raymond Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in '' A Detective for a Day''. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his a ...

and starring Frances Cuyler,

Haddon Mason Haddon Mason (21 February 1898 – 30 April 1966) was a British film actor. Selected filmography * ''Every Mother's Son (film), Every Mother's Son'' (1926) * ''Dawn (1928 film), Dawn'' (1928) * ''The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (film), The ...

and

Harold Saxon-Snell Harold Saxon-Snell (1889–1956) was a British stage and film actor. He appeared in twenty-three films during the silent and early sound eras. He is often credited as H. Saxon-Snell or Harold Snell. He and actress Kathleen Boutall married in 1 ...

. It was based on the 1877 novel of the same title by Amy Catherine Walton. It was made at

Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which also ...

Cast

* Frances Cuyler as Rosalie Joyce *

as Toby Charlton *

as Augustus Joyce * Vera Stanton as Gypsy Belle *

Johnny Butt John William H. Butt (1870–1931) was an English film actor of the silent era. He was born in Bradford and died in North Bierley, West Yorkshire. Selected filmography * ''The Chimes'' (1914) * ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915) * ''The Gra ...

as Jim * Renée Macready as Norah Joyce * Ethel Irving as Lucy Leslie *

Clarence Blakiston Clarence Blakiston (23 April 1864 – 21 March 1943) was a British film and stage actor, comedian and singer who during his career across five decades played the title role in the Sherlock Holmes parody ''Sheerluck Jones, or Why D’Gillette Him ...

as Henry Leslie * Shirley Whyte as Mother Manikin

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1929 films British drama films British silent feature films 1929 drama films Films directed by Jack Raymond Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Films based on British novels British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub