Wanted, a Boy

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Wanted, a Boy
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Written by W. Pett Ridge
Eliot Stannard
Produced by Edward Godal
Starring Sydney Fairbrother
Lionelle Howard
Pauline Johnson
Production
company
British & Colonial Kinematograph Company
Distributed by Ideal
Release date
  • 1924 (1924)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Wanted, a Boy is a 1924 British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sydney Fairbrother, Lionelle Howard and Pauline Johnson. It was made by British & Colonial Kinematograph Company at the company's Walthamstow Studios.

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