Mumsie

Mumsie
Mumsie
Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Based on	Mumsie; by Edward Knoblock
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Pauline Frederick; Nelson Keys; Herbert Marshall; Frank Stanmore;
Cinematography	Bernard Knowles
Production; company	Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	September 1927;
Running time	6,858 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Mumsie is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Pauline Frederick, Nelson Keys and Herbert Marshall.^[2] It was adapted from the 1920 play of the same title by Edward Knoblock about a favourite son of a family who proves to be a coward when war breaks out. Pauline Frederick's last silent film.^[3] Mumsie is a lost film.^[4] It was made at Twickenham Studios.

The film was a major success and helped Herbert Marshall establish himself in Hollywood soon afterwards.^[5]

Cast

↑ Low p.415
↑ "Mumsie (1927) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
↑ Low p.177
↑ ""Mumsie"". Stanford.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
↑ Low p.278

Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.

This article about a lost silent drama film from the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

This 1920s British drama film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.