The Plaything

The Plaything
Directed by	Castleton Knight
Written by	Arthur Jarvis Black (play) Violet E. Powell
Starring	Estelle Brody Heather Thatcher Nigel Barrie Marguerite Allan
Cinematography	James E. Rogers
Music by	Hubert Bath
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	30 September 1929 (1929-09-30)
Running time	5,873 feet[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie) English

The Plaything is a 1929 British part-talkie sound romance film directed by Castleton Knight and starring Estelle Brody, Heather Thatcher and Nigel Barrie. The film was a mixture of silent and sound film as it was released during the transition period following Blackmail. It was based on the play Life Is Pretty Much the Same by Arthur Jarvis Black. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios.

Cast

• Estelle Brody as Joyce Bennett
• Heather Thatcher as Martyn Bennett
• Nigel Barrie as Wallace McKinnel
• Marguerite Allan as Madeleine McKinnel
• John St. John as Claude
• Ray Milland as Ian

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

1. Low p.428

Bibliography

• Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Plaything at IMDb