Mumsie

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Mumsie
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Based on Mumsie
by Edward Knoblock
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Starring
Cinematography Bernard Knowles
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
September 1927
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.

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

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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

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