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

Quinneys is a 1927 British romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring John Longden, Alma Taylor and Henry Vibart.[2] It is an adaptation of the play Quinneys by Horace Annesley Vachell. David Lean worked on the film as a camera assistant.[3] It was made by Gaumont British at their Lime Grove Studios.


Plot

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

Cast

References

  1. โ†‘ Low p.433
  2. โ†‘ BFI.org
  3. โ†‘ Philips p.17

Bibliography

  • 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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