Mumsie

Mumsie
Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Based onMumsie
by Edward Knoblock
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
Starring
CinematographyBernard Knowles
Production
company
Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • September 1927 (1927-09)
Running time
6,858 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Mumsie is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Pauline Frederick, Nelson Keys and Herbert Marshall.[2] It was adapted from the 1920 play of the same title by Edward Knoblock about a favourite son of a family who proves to be a coward when war breaks out. Pauline Frederick's last silent film.[3] Mumsie is a lost film.[4] It was made at Twickenham Studios.

The film was a major success and helped Herbert Marshall establish himself in Hollywood soon afterwards.[5]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Low p.415
  2. ^ "Mumsie (1927) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ Low p.177
  4. ^ ""Mumsie"". Stanford.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ^ Low p.278

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.


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