The American Prisoner (film)

The American Prisoner
Directed byThomas Bentley
Written byEden Phillpotts (novel)
Eliot Stannard
Garnett Weston
StarringCarl Brisson
Madeleine Carroll
Cecil Barry
Carl Harbord
CinematographyRené Guissart
Edited bySam Simmonds
Music byJohn Reynders
Jules Sylvain
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 18 September 1929 (1929-09-18)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (All-Talking)
English

The American Prisoner is an all-talking sound 1929 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll and Cecil Barry.[1] It was adapted from the 1904 novel The American Prisoner by Eden Phillpotts. It was originally conceived as a silent film, but was converted into an All-Talkie in line with widespread practice at British International Pictures during 1928–1929.[2]

Plot

An American sailor imprisoned on Dartmoor during the American War of Independence manages to escape and fall in love with a local Squire's daughter.

Cast

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "I Wonder If You Will Remember" with lyrics by Harry Carlton and music by Jules Sylvain. The song was sung by Carl Brisson in the film. The song was recorded by the tenor Eddie King and released on the Parlophone label (Catalog Number R 503).

See also

References

  1. ^ The American Prisoner British Film Institute. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ Low p.117
  3. ^ Khomami, Nadia (2 October 2023). "Overlooked black actor may have been most prolific in early British cinema". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1929-1939: Film Making in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.


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