One of the Best (film)

One of the Best
Directed by	T. Hayes Hunter
Written by	George Edwardes-Hall (play) Seymour Hicks (play) Patrick L. Mannock
Produced by	Michael Balcon Carlyle Blackwell
Starring	Carlyle Blackwell Eve Gray Walter Byron Randle Ayrton
Cinematography	James Wilson
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	November 1927 (1927-11)
Running time	8,000 [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

One of the Best is a 1927 British silent historical drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Walter Byron and Eve Gray. ^[2] It was based on a play by Seymour Hicks. Film historian Rachael Low described it as an "unsophisticated costume drama". ^[3] The 'drumming out' scene of Lieutenant Keppel was filmed at Hounslow Barracks using the officers and men of the Royal Fusiliers wearing 1820s uniforms.

Cast

• Carlyle Blackwell as Philip Ellsworth
• Walter Byron as Lieutenant Dudley Keppel
• Eve Gray as Mary Penrose
• Randle Ayrton as General Gregg
• James Carew as Colonel Gentry
• Julie Suedo as Claire Melville
• James Lindsay as Maurice de Gruchy
• Pauline Johnson as Esther
• Elsa Lanchester as Kitty
• Charles Emerald as Private Jupp
• Cecil Barry as Lieutenant Wynne
• Simeon Stuart as Squire Penrose
• Harold Huth as Adjutant

References

1. Low p.422
2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | ONE OF THE BEST (1927)". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
3. Low p.169

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links

• One of the Best at IMDb