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Quinneys(1927 film)

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Quinneys
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byHorace Annesley Vachell(play)
John Longden
Produced byGareth Gundrey
StarringJohn Longden
Alma Taylor
Henry Vibart
Cyril McLaglen
Edited byBasil Emmott
Percy Strong
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • December 1927(1927-12)
Running time
8,600 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Quinneysis a 1927 Britishromance filmdirected byMaurice Elveyand starringJohn Longden,Alma TaylorandHenry Vibart.[2]It is an adaptation of the playQuinneysbyHorace Annesley Vachell.David Lean worked on the film as a camera assistant.[3]It was made byGaumont Britishat theirLime Grove Studios.


Plot

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The screenplay concerns a British furnituresalesmanwho buys some chairs from an American dealer, only to discover that they are fakes.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^Low p.433
  2. ^BFI.org
  3. ^Philips p.17

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael.History of the British Film, 1918-1929.George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
  • Philips, Gene D.Beyond the Epic: The Life & Films of David Lean.University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
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