Olympic Honeymoon | |
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Directed by | Alf Goulding |
Written by | Monty Banks Joan Morgan Alf Goulding (Screen scenario) Warren Chetham Strode (Dialogue) |
Based on | novel He and Ski by F. Dawson Gratrix |
Produced by | Sidney Morgan |
Starring | Claude Hulbert Monty Banks Princess Pearl |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | Vladimir Sagovsky |
Music by | Van Phillips (musical director) |
Production companies | London Screen Plays Productions Fanfare Pictures |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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