My Old Dutch (1934 film)

My Old Dutch
Florrie Forde and Betty Balfour in a scene set in the 1890s
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Written by	Leslie Arliss Marjorie Gaffney Michael Hogan Mary Murillo Bryan Edgar Wallace
Based on	My Old Dutch by Arthur Shirley
Produced by	Ivor Montagu
Starring	Betty Balfour Gordon Harker Florrie Forde
Cinematography	Leslie Rowson
Music by	Jack Beaver Louis Levy
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	October 1934 (1934-10)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

My Old Dutch is a 1934 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Michael Hogan and Florrie Forde. The film portrays the lives of Londoners during the First World War.[1] The film was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.[2] The film's sets were designed by Peter Proud. Bryan Edgar Wallace contributed to the screenplay, adapted from the stage play written by Arthur Shirley and also based on Albert Chevalier's famous song.

Synopsis

This film tracks the highlights of a cockney couple's son as he marries a rich man's disowned daughter and dies in the RFC.

Cast

• Betty Balfour as Lil
• Gordon Harker as Ernie
• Michael Hogan as Bert
• Florrie Forde as Aunt Bertha
• Mickey Brantford as Jim
• Glennis Lorimer as Valerie Paraday
• Peter Gawthorne as Mr Paraday
• Frank Pettingell as Uncle Alf
• Robert Nainby as Grandpa
• Bill Shine (actor) as Cousin 'arry
• Finlay Currie as Mo
• Felix Aylmer as Judge
• John Singer as Jim as a child
• Ronald Shiner

References

1. "My Old Dutch (1934)". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
2. Wood p.83

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• My Old Dutch at the British Film Institute^[better source needed]
• My Old Dutch at IMDb