The Black Abbot (1934 film)

The Black Abbot
Directed by	George A. Cooper
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Written by	Terence Egan Philip Godfrey
Starring	John Stuart Judy Kelly Edgar Norfolk
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Lister Laurance
Production company	Twickenham Studios
Distributed by	RKO
Release dates	8 January 1934
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Black Abbot is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring John Stuart, Judy Kelly and Edgar Norfolk. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter.

Cast

John Stuart as Frank Brooks
Judy Kelly as Sylvia Hillcrest
Edgar Norfolk as Brian Heslewood
Richard Cooper as Lord Jerry Pilkdown
Drusilla Wills as Mary Hillcrist
Farren Soutar as John Hillcrist
Cyril Smith as Alf Higgins
Davina Craig as Jane, the maid
Earl Grey as Phillips, the butler
Ben Welden as Charlie Marsh
John Turnbull as Inspector Lockwood

References

↑ Wood p.77

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Black Abbot at the Internet Movie Database

The films of George A. Cooper

The Shadow of Evil (1921)
His Wife's Husband (1922)
Geraldine's First Year (1922)
Three to One Against (1923)
The Reverse of the Medal (1923)
Finished (1923)
Constant Hot Water (1923)
Darkness (1923)
Claude Duval (1924)
The Eleventh Commandment (1924)
The Happy Ending (1925)
Settled Out of Court (1925)
Somebody's Darling (1925)
If Youth But Knew (1926)
Master and Man (1929)
The World, the Flesh, the Devil (1932)
The Roof (1933)
The Man Outside (1933)
Home, Sweet Home (1933)
The Shadow (1933)
Mannequin (1933)
The Black Abbot (1934)
Tangled Evidence (1934)
The Case for the Crown (1934)
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935)
Anything Might Happen (1935)
Puppets of Fate (1936)
Royal Eagle (1936)
Down Our Alley (1939)

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