Alf's Carpet

Alf's Carpet is a 1929 British comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Gerald Rawlinson, Gladys Hamer, Harald Madsen and Carl Schenstrøm. It was loosely based on the novel Alf's Button by W.A. Darlington. It is also known by the alternative title The Rocket Bus.

Alf's Carpet
Directed by	W.P. Kellino
Produced by	P.J. de Venloo
Written by	W.A. Darlington (novel) Val Valentine Arthur Le Clerq Blanche Metcalfe Scott Sidney
Starring	Gerald Rawlinson Gladys Hamer Harald Madsen Carl Schenstrøm
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	Emile de Ruelle
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	November 1929
Running time	5,500 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent English intertitles

Production

The film was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was originally intended as a silent, but as British studios switched to sound film and large chunks of it were shot in sound.

Cast

• Gerald Rawlinson as Jimmy Donaldson
• Gladys Hamer as Lizzie Fletcher
• Harald Madsen as Alf
• Carl Schenstrøm as Bill
• Philip Hewland as Djinn
• Edward O'Neill as Joan's Father
• Janice Adair as Joan
• Frank Perfitt as Caliph

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
• Warren, Patricia. Elstree: The British Hollywood. Columbus Books, 1988.
• Wood, Linda. British Films 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.