Bracelets is a 1931 British crime film directed by Sewell Collins and starring Bert Coote, Joyce Kennedy and Harold Huth. A jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them, and, after collecting the reward for their arrest, uses the money to buy silver bracelets for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
| Bracelets | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sewell Collins |
| Written by | Sewell Collins (play and screenplay) |
| Produced by | L'Estrange Fawcett |
| Starring | Bert Coote Joyce Kennedy Harold Huth |
| Cinematography | Percy Strong |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date |
|
Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film was made as a second feature by the large British company Gaumont British Picture Corporation.[1] It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the French-born art director Andrew Mazzei. The director Sewell Collins wrote the screenplay, adapting his own stage play.
Cast
edit- Bert Coote as Edwin Hobbett
- Joyce Kennedy as Annie Moran
- D. A. Clarke-Smith as Joe le Sage
- Margaret Emden as Mrs. Hobbett
- Frederick Leister as Slim Symes
- Stella Arbenina as Countess Soumbatoff
- Harold Huth as Maurice Dupont
- George Merritt as Director
References
edit- ^ Chibnall p.263
Bibliography
edit- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
edit
 | This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |