Alf's Carpet

Alf's Carpet is a 1929 British comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Gerald Rawlinson, Gladys Hamer, Harald Madsen and Carl Schenstrøm. It was loosely based on the 1920 novel Alf's Button by W.A. Darlington. It is also known by the alternative title The Rocket Bus.

Production[]

The film was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was originally intended as a silent, but as British studios switched to sound film and large chunks of it were shot in sound.

Cast[]

• Gerald Rawlinson as Jimmy Donaldson
• Gladys Hamer as Lizzie Fletcher
• Harald Madsen as Alf
• Carl Schenstrøm as Bill
• Philip Hewland as Djinn
• Edward O'Neill as Joan's Father
• Janice Adair as Joan
• Frank Perfitt as Caliph

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
• Warren, Patricia. Elstree: The British Hollywood. Columbus Books, 1988.
• Wood, Linda. British Films 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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