A Peep Behind the Scenes (1918 film)

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A Peep Behind the Scenes
Directed by Kenelm Foss
Geoffrey H. Malins
Written by O.F. Walton (novel)
Kenelm Foss
Produced by Low Warren
Starring Ivy Close
Gerald Ames
Gertrude Bain
Production
company
Master Films
Release date
  • December 1918 (1918-12)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

A Peep Behind the Scenes is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and Geoffrey H. Malins and starring Ivy Close, Gerald Ames and Gertrude Bain. It is an adaptation of the 1877 novel of the same name set around a travelling fair. [1]

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References

  1. Low, Rachael (1971). History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin. pp. 226–27.