Roses of Picardy (film)

Roses of Picardy
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byR.H. Mottram (novel)
Gareth Gundrey
Jack Harris
Fred V. Merrick
Produced byMaurice Elvey
M.A. Wetherell
Victor Saville
StarringLillian Hall-Davis
John Stuart
Humberston Wright
Jameson Thomas
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • April 1927 (1927-04)
Running time
8,500 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright.[2] The title is a reference to the popular First World War song Roses of Picardy. It was based on the novels The Spanish Farm (1924) Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four (1925) by R.H. Mottram. It was made at the Cricklewood Studios in London.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Low p.440
  2. ^ "Roses of Picardy (1928)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

Bibliography

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


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