Carry On (film)
{{Short description|1927 British film by Dinah Shurey}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Carry On
| image =
| caption =
| director = Dinah Shurey
| producer = Dinah Shurey
Victor Peers
| writer = Lydia Hayward
Dinah Shurey
| starring = {{ubl|Moore Marriott|Trilby Clark|Alf Goddard|Johnny Butt}}
| music =
| cinematography = Desmond Dickinson
Randal Terraneau
| editing =
| studio = Britannia Films
| distributor = Gaumont British Distributors
| released = {{Film date|1927|12}}
| runtime = 7,050 feetLow p.345
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Carry On is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Dinah Shurey and starring Moore Marriott, Trilby Clark and Alf Goddard.
Production
Carry On! deals with British military experiences in the First World War. For the production, Shurey borrowed warships from the Royal Navy.Bibi Berki, [https://doi.org/10.1386/fiin.16.3.6_1 “The Film Society, 1930”] in Film International 16, no. 3 (1 September 2018), 12
In November 1927, The Brisbane Courier described the picture as “a British propaganda film”.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21194230 “Miss Leal Douglas, Australian film actress, returns”], The Brisbane Courier, 15 November 1927, p. 20
Cast
- Moore Marriott as Mick Trevorn
- Trilby Clark as Sylvia
- Alf Goddard as Lumley
- Johnny Butt as Barker
- Mickey Brantford as Mick – as a Child
- Aggie Brantford as Molly – as a Child
- Cynthia Murtagh as Molly
- C. M. Hallard as John Peters
- Patrick Aherne as Bob Halliday
- Lewis Shaw as Bob – as a Child
- Frank Atherley as Admiral Halliday
- Griffith Humphreys as Mr. Freeman
- Wyndham Guise as Oliver Trevorn
- Leal Douglas as Mrs. Trevorn
- Wally Patch as Andrews
References
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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
- {{IMDb title|0319143}}
Category:Films directed by Dinah Shurey
Category:British silent feature films
Category:British seafaring films
Category:Films shot at Lime Grove Studios
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent British drama films
Category:Silent British adventure films
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