The Luck of the Navy (film)

For the 1938 film adapted from the same play, see Luck of the Navy.

The Luck of the Navy
Directed by	Fred Paul
Based on	The Luck of the Navy by Clifford Mills
Produced by	Rudolph Salomon
Starring	Evelyn Laye Henry Victor Hayford Hobbs Norma Whalley
Cinematography	Claude L. McDonnell
Production company	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Release date	November 1927 (1927-11)
Running time	8,000 feet[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Luck of the Navy is a 1927 British silent comedy thriller film directed by Fred Paul and starring Evelyn Laye, Henry Victor and Hayford Hobbs.[2] It was an adaptation of the 1919 play The Luck of the Navy by Mrs Clifford Mills. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios.[3]

Cast

• Evelyn Laye as Cynthia Eden
• Henry Victor as Lieutenant Clive Stanton
• Hayford Hobbs as Louis Peel
• Robert Cunningham as Admiral Maybridge
• Norma Whalley as Mrs Peel
• H. Agar Lyons as Colonel Dupont
• William Freshman as Wing Eden
• Basil Griffen as Anna
• Zoe Palmer as Dora Green
• H. Saxon-Snell as Francois
• Douglas Herald as Joe Briggs
• Wally Patch as Stoker Clark
• Burton Craig as Lord Nelson
• Joan Langford Reed as Dora - Child

References

1. Low p.405
2. "The Luck of the Navy (1927)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.
3. Wood p.63

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Luck of the Navy at IMDb