Red Pearls

1930 film

  • February 1930 (1930-02)[1]
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Red Pearls is a 1930 British silent crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Lillian Rich, Frank Perfitt and Arthur Pusey. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton.[2] It was based on the novel Nearer! Nearer! by J. Randolph James.[3] The film was produced just as the change to sound films was taking place in Britain.

Premise

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

Cast

  • Lillian Rich as Sylvia Radshaw
  • Frank Perfitt as Gregory Marston
  • Arthur Pusey as Paul Gordon
  • Frank Stanmore as Martin Radshaw
  • Kiyoshi Takase as Tamira
  • Gabrielle Brune
  • Harold Saxon-Snell

References

  1. ^ Low p.375
  2. ^ Wood p.67
  3. ^ Goble p.925

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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