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.

Contents

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).

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