''The Blarney Stone'' (also known as ''The Blarney Kiss'') is a 1933 British

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directed by and starring

Tom Walls Thomas Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adapt ...

. It also features

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, Robert Douglas,

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and

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. The screenplay concerns a penniless

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who becomes the business partner of an

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with a penchant for high-stakes

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. The film was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios.Wood p.74

Cast

as Tim Fitzgerald *

as Lady Anne Cranton * Robert Douglas as Lord Breethorpe *

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as The Leader * J.A. O'Rourke as Sir Arthur * George Barret * Robert Horton *

Haidee Wright Haidee Wright (13 January 1867 – 29 January 1943), born as Ada Wright, was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. She came from a family of actors and had a long career in the United King ...

as Countess Eleanor * Dorothy Tetley as Muriel Atkins * Louis Bradfield as Mackintosh *

as Diana * Charles Carson as Sir Arthur *

* Dickie Edwards as Tim Fitzgerald Jnr

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''.

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, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''.

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, 1986.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 comedy films British comedy films Films directed by Tom Walls British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1930s English-language films 1930s British films English-language comedy films Films scored by Idris Lewis {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub