Red Pearls
| Red Pearls | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | J. Randolph James (novel) Harry Fowler Mear Sidney Gilliat |
| Produced by | Archibald Nettlefold |
| Starring | Lillian Rich Frank Perfitt Arthur Pusey Frank Stanmore |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Culley Forde |
| Music by | Paul Mulder |
Production company | Nettlefold Films |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date | February 1930[1] |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Red Pearls is a 1930 British silent crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Lillian Rich, Frank Perfitt and Arthur Pusey. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton.[2] It was based on the novel Nearer! Nearer! by J. Randolph James.[3] The film was produced just as the change to sound films was taking place in Britain.
Premise[]
A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.
Cast[]
- Lillian Rich as Sylvia Radshaw
- Frank Perfitt as Gregory Marston
- Arthur Pusey as Paul Gordon
- Frank Stanmore as Martin Radshaw
- Kiyoshi Takase as Tamira
- Gabrielle Brune
- Harold Saxon-Snell
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links[]
- Red Pearls at IMDb
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- 1930 films
- British films
- British silent feature films
- British crime films
- British black-and-white films
- 1930 crime films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Walter Forde
- Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
- Films based on British novels
- Butcher's Film Service films
- 1930s British film stubs