Red Pearls

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Red Pearls
Directed by Walter Forde
Written byJ. Randolph James (novel)
Harry Fowler Mear
Sidney Gilliat
Produced by Archibald Nettlefold
Starring Lillian Rich
Frank Perfitt
Arthur Pusey
Frank Stanmore
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited byCulley Forde
Music byPaul Mulder
Production
company
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • February 1930 (1930-02) [1]
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Red Pearls is a 1930 British silent crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Lillian Rich, Frank Perfitt and Arthur Pusey. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton. [2] It was based on the novel Nearer! Nearer! by J. Randolph James. [3] The film was produced just as the change to sound films was taking place in Britain.

Contents

Premise

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

Cast

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References

  1. Low p.375
  2. Wood p.67
  3. Goble p.925

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