The Grey Glove

An amateur detective, John Courtney, tries to catch a mysterious criminal who always leaves a grey glove behind. He tries to protect the mysterious Pauline Hemingway.

His fiancee Margaret becomes jealous and sets off to follow him dressed as a boy.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 146.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60230178 |title=PARAMOUNT TO-NIGHT. |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Qld. |date=30 March 1929 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

• Aubrey Kelner as John Courtney[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31691085 "AUBREY KELLNER'S IDEA." Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate 9 Dec 1926: 4] accessed 13 December 2011
• Val Lassau as Margaret Trent
• Phyllis Wheldon as Pauline Hemingway
• Charles O'Mara as Inspector Drew
• William Thornton as Charlie James
• Claude Turton as Simpson
• George Ames as Peterson
• Carl Francis as Seton Carr
• James Alexander as Perry

The film was shot at Australasian's Bondi studios.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58315021 |title=SNIPING THE SHOWS. |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Perth |date=2 January 1927 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} It appears to have been shot prior to August 1926.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40549322 |title=AUSTRALIAN FILM. |newspaper=The Cairns Post |location=Qld. |date=3 August 1926 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137074640 |title=STUDIO GOSSIP. |newspaper=Western Age |location=Dubbo, NSW |date=7 January 1927 |accessdate=5 October 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

The film was the first screen appearance of Val Lassau who had been in the chorus of Rose Marie.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150928503 |title=The PICTURE WORLD |newspaper=Table Talk |issue=3145 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 August 1928 |accessdate=26 February 2024 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}

It seems there was some extra filming after Christmas 1926.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article265171391 |title=Master Picture News |newspaper=The Queanbeyan Age And Queanbeyan Observer |volume= |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 January 1927 |accessdate=26 February 2024 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Australasian called it "an intriguing tale, in which action and mystery arc pleasantly mingled. Fortunately Mr. Webb has aimed at a mark that is not beyond tbc reach of a producer who has not the elaborate equipment of a costly studio at his disposal, and he has achieved his aim. The acting by a large cast is aa least as good as that in any Australian film."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140815442 |title=MOVING PICTURES. |newspaper=The Australasian |volume=CXXV |issue=4,155 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=25 August 1928 |accessdate=26 February 2024 |page=23 (METROPOLITAN EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}

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• {{IMDb title|id=0349505|title=The Grey Glove}}
• [http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22the%20grey%20glove%22;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10 The Grey Glove] at National Film and Sound Archive
• [http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/7584037 The Grey Glove novel] at AustLit
• Story serialised in 1925 – [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130619847 18 April], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130619970 25 April], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130620027 2 May], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130620173 9 May], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130620408 16 May], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130620475 23 May], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130620688 30 May], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130620727 6 June], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130620965 13 June], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130621024 20 June], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130621209 27 June], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131450288 11 July], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131450446 18 July], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131450576 25 July], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131450680 1 Aug], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131450864 8 Aug], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131451063 15 Aug], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131451228 22 Aug],

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Category:1928 films

Category:Australian silent feature films

Category:Australian black-and-white films

Category:1928 drama films

Category:Films from Australasian Films

Category:Films directed by Dunstan Webb

Category:Silent Australian drama films

Category:1920s Australian films

Category:Australian films based on novels

Category:1920s English-language films