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Mumsie
''Mumsie'' is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Pauline Frederick, Nelson Keys and Herbert Marshall. 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. ''Mumsie'' is a lost film. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film was a major success and helped Herbert Marshall establish himself in Hollywood soon afterwards.Low p.278 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 Rolf Leslie was a British actor born in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK. Selected filmography * '' Sixty Years a Queen'' (1913) * '' East Lynne'' (1913) * '' Lights of London'' (1914) * '' Jane Shore'' (1915) * ''The Faith of a Child'' (1 .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumsie (play)
Mumsie or Mumsée is a 1920 play by the Anglo-American writer Edward Knoblock. Stage adaptation It was first staged at the Little Theatre in London, lasting for a run of 38 performances from February 24th to March 27th. It marked the reopening of the Little Theatre which had been damaged in an air raid in 1917. The original cast included Henry Kendall, Edna Best, Diana Hamilton, Cyril Raymond and Eva Moore. Film adaptation In 1927 it was turned into a silent British film ''Mumsie'' directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Herbert Marshall Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the Uni ....Goble p.264 "Knoblock" and p.877 "Mumsie" References Bibliography * Wearing, J. P. ''The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. p.10 "Little". Rowman & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |