A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929 film)

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A Peep Behind the Scenes
Directed by Jack Raymond
Written by Amy Catherine Walton (novel)
Lydia Hayward
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
StarringFrances Cuyler
Haddon Mason
Harold Saxon-Snell
Johnny Butt
Cinematography Freddie Young
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
January 1929
Running time
7,372 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

A Peep Behind the Scenes is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Frances Cuyler, Haddon Mason and Harold Saxon-Snell. It was based on the 1877 novel of the same title by Amy Catherine Walton. It was made at Cricklewood Studios.

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