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Alfs Button (1920 film)

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Genre
  
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Story by
  
William Aubrey Darlington

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

Director
  
Cecil Hepworth

Screenplay
  
Blanche McIntosh

Producer
  
Cecil Hepworth

Language
  
English

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Writer
  
William Darlington
,
Blanche McIntosh

Release date
  
May 1920

Cast
  
Gerald Ames
(Lt Denis Allen),
Leslie Henson
(Alf Higgins),
Jean Cadell
(Vicars wife),
Alma Taylor
(Liz),
James Carew
(Eustace)

Related Cecil Hepworth movies
  
Alice in Wonderland (1903), Rescued by Rover (1905), How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

Alf's Button is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor and Gerald Ames. It was based on the novel Alf's Button by William Darlington. The film is about a British soldier who discovers a magic coat button which summons a genie to grant his various wishes. It was remade as a sound film in 1930.

Cast

  • Leslie Henson as Alf Higgins
  • Alma Taylor as Liz
  • Gerald Ames as Lt. Denis Allen
  • James Carew as Eustace, the genie
  • Eileen Dennes as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
  • John MacAndrews as Bill Grant
  • Gwynne Herbert as Lady Fitzpeter
  • Jean Cadell as Vicar's wife

    • References

    Alf's Button (1920 film) Wikipedia
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    Alfs Button (1920 film) IMDb