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Carry On (film)

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Carry On
Directed byDinah Shurey
Written byLydia Hayward
Dinah Shurey
Produced byDinah Shurey
Victor Peers
Starring
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Randal Terraneau
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • December 1927 (1927-12)
Running time
7,050 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Carry On is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Dinah Shurey and starring Moore Marriott, Trilby Clark and Alf Goddard.

Production

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Carry On! deals with British military experiences in the First World War. For the production, Shurey borrowed warships from the Royal Navy.[2]

In November 1927, The Brisbane Courier described the picture as “a British propaganda film”.[3]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Low p.345
  2. ^ Bibi Berki, “The Film Society, 1930” in Film International 16, no. 3 (1 September 2018), 12
  3. ^ “Miss Leal Douglas, Australian film actress, returns”, The Brisbane Courier, 15 November 1927, p. 20

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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