Widecombe Fair (film)
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Widecombe Fair | |
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Directed by | Norman Walker |
Written by | Eden Philpotts (novel) Eliot Stannard |
Starring | William Freshman Marguerite Allan Wyndham Standing Violet Hopson Moore Marriott |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Edited by | Emile de Ruelle |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date | December 1928 |
Running time | 6,800 feet[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Widecombe Fair is a 1928 British silent comedy drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring William Freshman, Marguerite Allan, Moore Marriott and Judd Green.[2] The screenplay concerns a farmer who is able to save his farm when he digs up buried treasure. The film's plot was adapted from a 1913 novel by Eden Philpotts, loosely based on the popular folk song "Widecombe Fair".
Cast
- William Freshman as The Lover
- Marguerite Allan as The Daughter
- Wyndham Standing as The Squire
- Violet Hopson as The Widow
- Moore Marriott as Uncle Tom Cobleigh
- George Cooper as The Farmer
- Aubrey Fitzgerald as The Bailiff
- Eva Llewellyn as The Wife
- Judd Green as The Landlord
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
- Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. BFI, 1986.
References
- ^ Low p. 479
- ^ "Widecombe Fair (1928)". Retrieved 5 July 2018.
External links
- Widecombe Fair at IMDb
- Widecombe Fair on the BFI Player (UK only)
Categories:
- 1928 films
- English-language films
- British films
- British comedy-drama films
- British silent feature films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- Films directed by Norman Walker
- Films set in England
- Films set in Devon
- Films based on British novels
- British black-and-white films
- 1928 comedy-drama films
- 1920s British film stubs
- Silent comedy-drama film stubs