The Blue Peter (1928 film)

The Blue Peter is a 1928 British sound adventure film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Matheson Lang, Gladys Frazin, and Mary Dibley. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was based on the 1925 play The Blue Peter by E. Temple Thurston.

The Blue Peter
Directed byArthur Rooke
Written byE. Temple Thurston (play)
Vivian Thompson
StarringMatheson Lang
Gladys Frazin
Mary Dibley
Cameron Carr
Production
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Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • 1928 (1928)
Running time
7,665 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

Premise

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After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.

Cast

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Music

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The film featured a theme song entitled “Eastern Star” by Fred Elizalde (music) and Pat K. Heale (words).

References

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  1. ^ Low p.339

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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