Splinters (1929)
The British Talkie Everybody Wants to Hear!
Splinters tells of the origins of the 1915 musical comedy revue of the same name, founded by British soldiers fighting on the Western Front in France.
- Date of release
- 1929-12-23
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Director
- Jack Raymond
Casting
- Hal Jones — Sergeant
- Reg Stone — Drag Artist
- Nelson Keys
- Sydney Howard — Doleful Soldier
- Lew Lake — Nobbler
- Wilfred Temple
- Carroll Gibbons — Himself, Band Leader
- Clifford Heatherley — Sergeant Miller
Interesting facts
- Based on: Splinters
Splinters is an all-talking sound, 1929 British musical comedy film based on the stage revue Splinters. It was British & Dominions Film Corporation's first all-talking release filmed entirely in the UK. The revue tells the story of the origin of the concert party Splinters created by UK soldiers in France in 1915. The film was followed by two sequels, Splinters in the Navy (1931) and Splinters in the Air (1937).
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