Roses of Picardy (film)
{{short description|1927 film}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Roses of Picardy
| image =
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| director = Maurice Elvey
| producer = Maurice Elvey
M.A. Wetherell
Victor Saville
| writer = R.H. Mottram (novel)
Gareth Gundrey
Jack Harris
Fred V. Merrick
| starring = Lillian Hall-Davis
John Stuart
Humberston Wright
Jameson Thomas
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = Gaumont British Picture Corporation
| distributor = Gaumont British Distributors
| released = {{Film date|1927|04}}
| runtime = 8,500 feetLow p.440
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/48894|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115034203/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/48894|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2009|title=Roses of Picardy (1928)|website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|access-date=10 December 2017}} The title is a reference to the popular First World War song Roses of Picardy. It was based on the novels The Spanish Farm (1924) Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four (1925) by R.H. Mottram. It was made at the Cricklewood Studios in London.
Cast
- Lillian Hall-Davis - Madame Vanderlynden
- John Stuart - Lieutenant Skene
- Humberston Wright - Jerome Vanderlynden
- Jameson Thomas - Georges d'Archeville
- Marie Ault - Baroness d'Archeville
- A. Bromley Davenport - Baron d'Archeville
- Clifford Heatherley - Uncle
References
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Bibliography
- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0018344|Roses of Picardy}}
{{Maurice Elvey}}
Category:British silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey
Category:British World War I films
Category:Films set in the 1910s
Category:Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films produced by Victor Saville
Category:Films based on multiple works
Category:English-language war films
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