The Luck of the Navy (film)

The Luck of the Navy
The Luck of the Navy
Directed by	Fred Paul
Based on	The Luck of the Navy; by Clifford Mills
Produced by	Rudolph Salomon
Starring	Evelyn Laye; Henry Victor; Hayford Hobbs ; Norma Whalley
Cinematography	Claude L. McDonnell
Production; company	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Release date	November 1927
Running time	8,000 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Luck of the Navy is a 1927 British silent comedy thriller film directed by Fred Paul and starring Evelyn Laye, Henry Victor and Hayford Hobbs.^[2] It was an adaptation of the 1919 play The Luck of the Navy by Mrs Clifford Mills. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios.^[3]

Cast[edit]

Evelyn Laye as Cynthia Eden
Henry Victor as Lieutenant Clive Stanton
Hayford Hobbs as Louis Peel
Robert Cunningham as Admiral Maybridge
Norma Whalley as Mrs Peel
H. Agar Lyons as Colonel Dupont
William Freshman as Wing Eden
Basil Griffen as Anna
Zoe Palmer as Dora Green
H. Saxon-Snell as Francois
Douglas Herald as Joe Briggs
Wally Patch as Stoker Clark
Burton Craig as Lord Nelson
Joan Langford Reed as Dora - Child

References[edit]

^ Low p.405
^ "The Luck of the Navy (1927)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.
^ Wood p.63

Bibliography[edit]

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

External links[edit]

The Luck of the Navy at IMDb

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[1] Low p.405

[2] "The Luck of the Navy (1927)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.

[3] Wood p.63

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