The Blue Peter (1928 film)

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The Blue Peter
Directed by Arthur Rooke
Written by E. Temple Thurston (play)
Vivian Thompson
Starring Matheson Lang
Gladys Frazin
Mary Dibley
Cameron Carr
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • 1928 (1928)
Running time
7,665 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languages Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

The Blue Peter is a 1928 British sound adventure film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Matheson Lang, Gladys Frazin, and Mary Dibley. 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. The film was based on the 1925 play The Blue Peter by E. Temple Thurston.

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Premise

After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.

Cast

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled “Eastern Star” by Fred Elizalde (music) and Pat K. Heale (words).

References

  1. Low p.339

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