What Next?

This article is about the film. For the opera by Elliott Carter, see What Next? (opera).

What Next?
German poster
Directed by	Walter Forde
Written by	Harry Fowler Mear Walter Forde
Produced by	Archibald Nettlefold
Starring	Walter Forde Pauline Johnson Frank Stanmore Douglas Payne
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by	Walter Forde
Production company	Nettlefold Films
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service UFA (Germany)
Release date	14 June 1928 (1928-06-14)
Running time	6,170 feet [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent, English intertitles

What Next? is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Forde, Pauline Johnson and Frank Stanmore. It was made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames. There is a copy held at the BFI archive. ^[2]

Premise

A man acquires a valuable artifact as a present for his girlfriend, inadvertently drawing a lunatic collector into pursuit of him.

Cast

• Walter Forde as Walter
• Pauline Johnson as Violet Chippendale
• Frank Stanmore as Cedric Chippendale
• Douglas Payne as Cornelius Vandergilt
• Charles Dormer as Nick Winterbottom
• Frank Perfitt as Septimus Vandergilt
• Ian Wilson as Wilson

References

1. Low p. 476
2. "What Next? BFI archive ref 51149". Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• What Next? at IMDb