The First Born (1928)
Would-be politician Sir Hugo Boycott and his wife Madeleine have an unhappy marriage. Madeleine is aware that Hugo is a serial philanderer, and their problems are exacerbated when she fails to produce the heir he wants.
- Date of release
- 1928-10-01
- TMDB
- 4.3 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- Miles Mander
Casting
- Miles Mander — Sir Hugo Boycott
- Madeleine Carroll — Lady Madeleine Boycott
- John Loder — Lord David Harborough
- Ella Atherton — Nina de Lande
- Margot Armand — Sylvia Findlay
- Ivo Dawson — Derek Findlay
- Marjorie Roach — Phoebe Chivers
- John St. John — Dicky
- Naomi Jacobs — Dot
- Bernard Vaughan — Butler
- Walter Wichelow — Impitt
- Theodore Mander — Stephen Boycott
Interesting facts
The First Born is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Mander, Madeleine Carroll, John Loder and Ella Atherton. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.
Production background
The screenplay was also written by Mander (based on his own novel) in conjunction with Alma Reville. The First Born enjoys a good critical reputation, being seen as stylistically inventive and one of the best examples of a trend in British cinema in the last years of the silent era.
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