The Blue Peter (1928 film)

The Blue Peter
Directed by	Arthur Rooke
Written by	E. Temple Thurston (play) Vivian Thompson
Starring	Matheson Lang Gladys Frazin Mary Dibley Cameron Carr
Production company	British Filmcraft
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates	1928
Running time	7,665 feet^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent English intertitles

The Blue Peter is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Matheson Lang, Gladys Frazin and Mary Dibley. The film was based on the 1925 play The Blue Peter by E. Temple Thurston.

Plot

After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.

Cast

Matheson Lang as David Hunter
Gladys Frazin as Rosa Callaghan
Mary Dibley as Emma
Cameron Carr as Edward Formby
A. Bromley Davenport as Mr. Callaghan
Esmond Knight as Radio operator

References

↑ Low p.339

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

The Blue Peter at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Arthur Rooke

The Village Blacksmith (1917)
Holy Orders (1917)
For All Eternity (1917)
A Pit Boy's Romance (1917)
Thelma (1918)
Consequences (1918)
The Garden of Resurrection (1919)
The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton (1919)
God's Clay (1919)
The Mirage (1920)
The Lure of Crooning Water (1920)
Brenda of the Barge (1920)
The Sport of Kings (1921)
The Education of Nicky (1921)
Weavers of Fortune (1922)
The Sporting Instinct (1922)
One Moment's Temptation (1922)
A Sporting Double (1922)
A Bachelor's Baby (1922)
The Scandal (1923)
M'Lord of the White Road (1923)
The Gay Corinthian (1924)
The Diamond Man (1924)
Nets of Destiny (1924)
Eugene Aram (1924)
The Wine of Life (1924)
The Blue Peter (1928)

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