Power Over Men

Power Over Men
Directed by	George Banfield
Written by	George Banfield Denison Clift
Produced by	George Banfield
Starring	Isabel Jeans Jameson Thomas Wyndham Standing Gibb McLaughlin
Production company	British Filmcraft Productions
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	April 1929 (1929-04)
Running time	6,918 feet [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles

Power Over Men is a 1929 British sound mystery film directed by George Banfield and starring Isabel Jeans, Jameson Thomas and Wyndham Standing. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was made at Walthamstow Studios in London.

Cast

• Isabel Jeans as Marion Delacour
• Jameson Thomas as Philippe Garnier
• Wyndham Standing as Émile Delacour
• Gibb McLaughlin as Alexandre Billot
• Jerrold Robertshaw as Fournier
• James Knight as Cesa
• Franklyn Bellamy as Bottomley
• Gabrielle Morton as Maid

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled “That’s All Love Means to You” by Norton Greenop (music) and Pat K. Heale (words).

References

1. Low p.430

Bibliography

• Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Power Over Men at IMDb