''Safety First'' is a 1926 British silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Fred Paul Fred Paul (1880–1967) was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined wit ...

and starring

Brian Aherne William Brian de Lacy Aherne (2 May 190210 February 1986) was an English actor of stage, screen, radio and television, who enjoyed a long and varied career in Britain and the United States. His first Broadway appearance in '' The Barretts of ...

Queenie Thomas Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas (18 June 1898 – 11 October 1977) was a British actress in silent films, called "England's Mary Pickford". Early life Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 18 June 1898, the daughter ...

and Mary Brough. It was based on a novel of the same name by Margot Neville.Goble p.344

Cast

as Hippocrates Rayne *

as Nanda Macdonald * Mary Brough as Caroline Lowecraft * Patrick Susands as Birdie Nightingale * Doreen Banks as Angela StJacques * Humberston Wright as The Butler * Fred Morgan as Collins

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan.
The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film
'. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. * Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.

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* 1926 films Silent British comedy films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Fred Paul Stoll Pictures films Films based on Australian novels Films shot at Cricklewood Studios British black-and-white films 1926 comedy films 1920s British films English-language comedy films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub

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