LUPINO LANE FILMOGRAPHY

 Filmography compiled by Robert Farr and Joe Moore.  Plot synopses and commentary ©2008 Robert Farr.

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Month-date: FILM TITLE (aka=ALSO KNOW AS/ALTERNATIVE RELEASE TITLES; wt= WORKING TITLE; for= FOREIGN RELEASE TITLES; # of reels; p.=producer; sup.=supervisor; d.=director; w.=writer; sp.= screenplay; sc=scenario writer; st.=story; au.=author; ad.=adaptation; ph.=photographed by; ed.=editor; mus.=music; snd.=sound; dia.dir.=dialogue director; t.=titles; asst. dir.=assistant director; c.=cast; ? = unconfirmed or spurious information) ©=copyright date; LP # or LU #=Library of Congress copyright number.

Where possible, a plot synopsis has been included.  The exception is for films that have not survived, were not copyrighted, and were not reviewed.  For plot descriptions of the British films, see Denis Gifford's The British Film Catalogue: 1985-1970 (bibliography).

LANE'S FILM CAREER

1913?-1920: Acted in British shorts

1922-1923:  Acted in shorts and features for Fox

1924:  Acted in D.W. Griffith's "Isn't Life Wonderful?"

1925-1929:  Acted and directed shorts for Educational

1929-1930:  Supporting roles in U.S. features

1930-1940:  Directed and acted in British features

ALL FILMS THOUGH 1920 WERE PRODUCED IN GREAT BRITAIN :

1913?:

O. G. FILM COMPANY:

Titles unknown

1915:

JOHN BULL /DAVISON FILM SALES AGENCY:

Spt   HIS COOLING COURTSHIP (1 rl; c. LL as "Lord Clarence") Reissued in 1919 by Globe.

HOMELAND/GLOBE:

Spt   THE MAN IN POSSESSION (3 rls; d. W. P. Kellino; w. Reuben Gillmer; c. Billy Mason(?), LL as "Freddy", Winifred Delevanti, Blanche Bella) 

JOHN BULL /DAVISON FILM SALES AGENCY:

Oct  NIPPER'S BUSY HOLIDAY (1 rl; w. Reginald Compton; c. LL as "Nipper")  Reissued in 1919 by Globe as HIS BUSY HOLIDAY .

?    NIPPER'S BANK HOLIDAY (c. LL as "Nipper")  Unconfirmed.  Possibly an alternate title for NIPPER'S BUSY HOLIDAY (1915). 

1916:

Jan  NIPPER AND THE CURATE (1 rl; w. Reginald Compton; c. LL as "Nipper")  Reissued in 1919 by Globe as THE CURATE.

LITTLE NIPPER/DAVISON FILM SALES AGENCY:

Aug  NIPPER'S BUSY BEE TIME (1 rl; c. LL as "Nipper")

HOMELAND/BUTCHER:

Oct  A WIFE IN A HURRY (3 rls; d. W. P. Kellino; w. Reuben Gillmer; c. LL as "Tony Melton", Winifred Delevanti, Blanche Kellino, Will Kellino, Fred Toose)

HOMELAND/GLOBE:

Dec  THE DUMMY (2 rls; d. W. P. Kellino; w. Reuben Gillmer; c.    LL as "Nipper", Winifred Delevanti)

1917:

Apr  HULLO! WHO'S YOUR LADY FRIEND? (2 1/2 rls; d. W. P.    Kellino; w. Reuben Gillmer; c. LL as "Mr. Pink", Violet   Blythe, Winifred Delevanti, Blanche Bella)

May  THE MISSING LINK (2 1/2 rls; d. W. P. Kellino; w. Reuben Gillmer; c. LL as "Nipper", Winifred Delevanti, Blanche Bella, Will Kellino)

July SPLASH ME NICELY (2 rls; d. W. P. Kellino; w. Reuben   Gillmer; c. LL as "Nipper", Winifred Delevanti, Viola     Marriott)

1918:

"THE BLUNDERS OF MR. BUTTERBUN" SERIES:

May  UNEXPECTED TREASURE (2 rls; c. LL as "Mr. Butterbun", Wallace Lupino)

May  TRIPS AND TRIBUNALS (2 rls; d. Fred Rains; c. LL as "Mr.     Butterbun", Judd Green) 

May  HIS BUSY DAY (2 rls; c. LL as "Mr. Butterbun")

May  HIS SALAD DAYS (2 rls; c. LL as "Mr. Butterbun")

May  LOVE AND LOBSTER (2 rls; c. LL as "Mr. Butterbun")

 1919:

GLOBE:

July A DREAMLAND FROLIC (2 rls; c. LL as "Nipper")

 1920:

IDEAL:

Nov   A LOT ABOUT A LOTTERY (2 rls; c. LL)

Nov   A NIGHT OUT AND A DAY IN (2 rls; c. LL, Eric Blore, Florence Vie, J. Monichouse, Dmitri Vetter)

Dec  CLARENCE, CROOKS AND CHIVALRY (2 rls; c. LL as "Clarence")

  ALL FILMS THROUGH 1929 WERE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES AND , USLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, SILENT TWO-REELERS:

1922:

FOX FILMS/LUPINO LANE COMEDIES:

Mar         THE BROKER (D. Jack Blystone?; c. LL) No ©

Aug 10      THE REPORTER (d. Jack Blystone; ph. Jay Turner; c. LL) Lane is a "pink-blooded" reporter covering the Mexican revolution.           ©8-20-22 LP19154

Oct 8       THE PIRATES (d. Jack Blystone; c. LL)  Lane is a minstrel in old Venice.  ©10-8-22 LP19084

Nov 19      MY HERO (d. Jack Blystone; c. LL)  Sissy city boy is sent out west by his father ©11-19-22 LP19049

 1923:

Jan 1       A FRIENDLY HUSBAND (5 rls; d./st. Jack Blystone; sc. Hampton Del Ruth; t./ed. Ralph Spence; ph. Jay Turner; c. LL as "Friendly Husband", Alberta Vaughn, Eva Thatcher)  A family have misadventures while auto camping.  ©12-31-22 LP18995

 1924:

UNITED ARTISTS/GRIFFITH:

Dec 1       ISN'T LIFE WONDERFUL (9 rls; p./d./sc. D.W. Griffith; ph. Hendrik Sartov, Hal Sintzenich; mus. Louis Silvers, Caesare Sudero; from "Isn't Life Wonderful!" by Geoffrey Moss; c. Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, Erville Alderson, Helen Lowell, Marcia Harris, Frank Puglia, LL as "Rudolph", Hans von Schlettow, Paul Rehkopf, Robert Scholz, Walter Plimmer, Jr.)  Lane is the comic relief in this otherwise tragic tale of           Polish refugees struggling to survive in inflation-wracked Germany. ©2-1-25 LP21265

 1925:

EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES/LUPINO LANE COMEDY CORP:

Oct 11      MAID IN MOROCCO (d. Charles Lamont; c. LL, Helen Foster, Wallace Lupino, Violet Blythe, Otto Fries) Nip infiltrates a harem to rescue his kidnapped wife. ©12-11-25 LP22106

Dec 6       THE FIGHTING DUDE (w./d. William Goodrich; c. LL, Virginia Vance, Wallace Lupino, Glen Cavender, George Davis) Spoiled rich boy Nip learns the art of fisticuffs to impress his girl.  ©12-29-25 LP22194 

1926:

Feb 7       TIME FLIES (p. Jack White; d. Jesse Robbins; ph. Robert Doran; c. LL as "Old F.F.V. Fairfax, his son, his great-grandson", Virginia Vance, Wallace Lupino, Gwendolyn Lee, Otto Fries)   Three generations of Fairfaxs' become involved in duels.  ©3-2-26 LP22436

Mar 21    FOOL'S LUCK (w./d. William Goodrich; ph. Ben Houck; c. LL, Virginia Vance, George Davis, Jack Lloyd, Wallace Lupino)  Millionaire Nip loses then regains his fortune through fool's luck.  ©6-22-26 LP22833

May 16    HIS PRIVATE LIFE (w./d. William Goodrich; ph. Byron Houck; c. LL, Viginia Vance, Glen Cavender, George Davis, Wallace Lupino)  Millionaire Reggie Hemingway joins the army and finds that his former valet is his top sergeant.  The climax is a pie fight.  ©5-10-26       LP22709

Nov 28    MOVIE LAND (w./d. Norman Taurog; ph. Leonard Smith; c. LL, Kathryn McGuire, Wallace Lupino, Glen Cavender, Tom O'Grady, Lloyd Hamilton)  Rich Lester Limberlegs crashes a movie studio in search of his    girlfriend.  ©11-14-26 LP23368            

 1927:

Jan 16      HOWDY DUKE (w./d. Norman Taurog; ph. Leonard Smith; c. LL as the Duke of Worcestershire ("His Royal Nibs") and the Newsboy ("Nip"), Wallace Lupino, Kathryn McGuire, Glen Cavender, Charles Meakin, Frona Hale)  Wallace has a newsboy pose as royalty so as to discredit his romantic rival. ©1-18-27 LP23569 

Feb 20      DRAMA DE LUXE (w./d. Norman Taurog; c. LL, Kathryn McGuire, Wallace Lupino, Glen Cavender, Bob Kortman)  "Our Hero" loses everything in the stock market and so gets a job with a local theatrical troupe. ©2-16-27 LP23679 

Apr 27      NAUGHTY BOY (w./d. Charles Lamont; c. LL, Robert Graves, Kathryn McGuire, Blanche Payson, Wallace Lupino)  Nipper must pose as a child to fool his father's girlfriend into believing Dad is a younger man. ©5-21-27 LP23909

May 29      WHO'S AFRAID? (d. Charles Lamont; st. LL; c. LL, Kathryn McGuire, Robert Graves, Wallace Lupino)  While locked inside a creepy museum, Nip prevents a robbery and collects a reward.  ©11-14-17 LP24095

Jly 24      MONTY OF THE MOUNTED (d. Charles Lamont; st. LL; c. LL as "Monty", Wallace Lupino, Estelle Bradley, Glen Cavender) A spoof of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Many gags centering around a swaybacked horse. ©8-2-27 LP24256

Spt 18      A HALF PINT HERO (d. Charles Lamont; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Toy Gallagher)  Two rival firefighters vie to save the girl they love.  ©9-26-27 LP24453

Nov 6       SOME SCOUT (d. Mark Sandrich; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Estelle Bradley; Filmed on location at Newhall, CA)  Nip is recruited by a group of pioneers to save them from an Indian attack.  © 11-14-27 LP24661

Dec 25      HELLO SAILOR (d. Mark Sandrich; ph. Jay Turner; c.    LL, Wallace Lupino, Charlene Aber, Minniela Aber)  Shipmates Nip and Wally think they're courting the same girl, but she is revealed to be twins.    ©12-27-27 LP24799            

1928:

Feb 12      SWORD POINTS (d. Mark Sandrich; ph. Jay Turner; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Jack Lloyd, Thelma Salter)   A parody of Fairbanksian swashbucklers. ©2-12-28 LP25040

Mar 25      LISTEN SISTER (d. James Jones or Clem Beauchamp; c. LL as "Nip" and "His Twin Sister", Wallace Lupino, Glen Cavender, Phil Dunham)  Nip takes his twin      sister's place at boarding school.  ©3-25-28  LP25108

May 6       FANDANGO (d. Henry W. George *; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Marjorie Moore, Anita Garvin)   In mythical Bullonia, Senor Lane wins his girl utilizing the arts of serenading and bullfighting.  ©4-6-28 LP25151

 * LANE'S BIRTH NAME WAS HENRY GEORGE LUPINO.  IT SEEMS CERTAIN THAT WRITER/DIRECTOR HENRY W. GEORGE WAS LANE'S PSEUDONYM FROM THIS FILM TO 1935.  EVIDENCE OF THIS IS IN LANE'S AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY, "BORN TO STAR ".  JOHN DILLON WHITE MENTIONS THAT THE FIRST SOUND FILM DIRECTED BY LANE WAS "BUYING A GUN" (1929).  HENRY W. GEORGE IS THAT FILM 'S CREDITED DIRECTOR.  FURTHERMORE, GEORGE IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE WORKED ON ANY FILMS OTHER THAN THOSE STARRING LUPINO LANE OR HIS BROTHER, WALLACE LUPINO.

 EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES/JACK WHITE COMEDY CORP./CAMEO COMEDIES:

Jun 3       CROWN ME (1 rl; p. Jack White; d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. Wallace Lupino, George Burton, Muriel Evans)  Wally has a toothache and suffers mightily when he visits the dentist.  ©5-12-28    LP25286

EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES/LUPINO LANE COMEDY CORP.:

Jun 17      HECTIC DAYS (d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL, Thelma Salter, Stanley Blystone, Jack Miller)   Westerner Nip wins Thelma's heart by capturing badman Black Tom.  ©6-4-28 LP25324

Jly 29      ROAMING ROMEO a/k/a BENDING HUR (d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL as "Nipibus", Wallace Lupino, Stanley Blystone,          Anita Garvin)  Two slaves escape the gallies, pose as gladiators, and become involved in palace intrigue.  Sumptuous sets and costumes.  ©7-16-28 LP25464

Spt 9       PIRATES BEWARE (d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Betty Boyd)   Tavern tap boy Nip is shanghaied and pursued by the Queen of the Pirates, Black Betty.  ©9-9-28 LP25654

Oct 28      FISTICUFFS (d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Harry Dunkinson, Ruth Eddings)  Blacksmith's apprentice Nip must go in the ring in place of "The   Battling Smithy.  ©10-26-28 LP25804

Dec 9       BE MY KING (d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL, Wallace Lupino) ©12-18-28 LP25923   Nip and shipmate Wallace are stranded on an island in the South Seas.

1929:

Jan 20  ONLY ME (d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL, Wallace Lupino)  Lane plays all 24 roles in this film including intoxicated gentleman, box office man, the playful boy, his uncle, the program changer, juggler, dancer, trapeze artist, soprano, orchestra leader, the flutist, the bass horn, the bass violin, taxicab       driver, wrestler, his manager, four members of quartet, and the sailor, villain, baby and mother in melodrama sketch.  In some shots he is doubled by brother Wallace. A remake of Karno's music hall sketch, The Mumming Birds, which was filmed by Charlie Chaplin in 1915 as A Night in the Show.  ©1-20-29 LP169

Mar 17      SUMMER SAPS (d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL, Sybil Grove, Blanche Payson, Wallace Lupino)  A family beach outing turns into mayhem when it rains for two weeks.  ©3-17-29 LP343

Apr 21      SHIP MATES (sound; d. Henry W. George [LL]; au. LL; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Stanley Blystone, Charlotte Merriam, Francis Martin, Tom Whitley)  Sailor Nip creates havoc aboard ship, playing phantom instruments and throwing pies.  ©4-21-29 LP397  Lane's first sound release.

Apr 28      GOOD NIGHT NURSE (silent; d. Henry W. George [LL]; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Fay Holderness, Eleanor Fredrick, Muriel Evans) ©4-23-29 LP332  Nip suffers a nervous breakdown and submits to an examination by a crazy doctor (Wallace).

Jun 2       BATTLING SISTERS (silent; d. Henry W. George [LL]; ph. Jay Turner; c. LL, Betty Boyd, Marjorie Jennings, Wallace Lupino, Violet Blythe) ©6-2-29 LP477  In the futuristic world of 1980, women fight the wars and men wear dresses.  Notable for a parody of The Big Parade's farewell scene.

Jul 14      BUYING A GUN  (sound; d./ad. Henry W. George [LL]; from the vaudeville skit by Harry Gratton; c. Wallace Lupino, Charline Burt, George Burton) ©8-14-29 MP 519  Millionaire D'Arcy proves a threat to himself and others in a sporting goods store when he attempts to purchase a gun.

Jly 21      JOYLAND (silent; d. Henry W. George [LL]; ph. Jay Turner; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Muriel Evans)  Toy store and doll hospital apprentice Nip dreams that the toys come to life.  ©7-27-29 LP628  Lane's final silent      release.

Spt 8      FIRE PROOF (sound; d. Charles Lamont; c. LL, Wallace Lupino, Betty Caldwell, Lorraine Rivero)  Inept fire fighter Clarence (LL) saves his girl from a fire.  ©9-9-29   LP737

Nov 17      PURELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL (sound; d. Henry W. George [LL]; st. Earl Baldwin; c. LL as "Pettums", Phyllis Crane, Stanley Blystone, Betty Boyd, Wallace Lupino, Blanche Payson) Romantic confusion in a hotel.  ©12-17-29 LP986

PARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKY CORP:

Nov 19      THE LOVE PARADE (12 rls; sound; d. Ernst Lubitsch; dia. dir. Perry Ivans; libretto. Guy Bolton; st. Ernest Vajda; ph. Victor Milner; art d. Hans Dreier; ed. Merrill White; songs. Victor Schertzinger, Clifford Grey; snd. Franklin Hansen; c. Maurice Chevalier, Jeannette MacDonald, LL as "Jacques", Lillian Roth, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Albert Roccardi, Carlton Stockdale, Eugene Pallette, Russell Powell, E. H. Calvert, Andre Sheron, Yola D'Avril, Winter Hall, Ben Turpin)  Lane plays a comic servant opposite Lillian Roth in this light operetta. ©1-16-30 LP1014

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES:

Nov 20      THE SHOW OF SHOWS (15 rls; sound; p. Darryl F. Zanuck;  d. John G. Adolfi; special material by Frank Fay, J. Keirn Brennan; ph. Bernard McGill; c. Frank Fay, all-star cast with LL as a "street cleaner")  ©12-7-29 LP903  Lane performs a comic musical number with his old Educational Pictures colleague, Lloyd Hamilton, aided by comics Ben Turpin, Heinie Conklin and Lee Moran

1930:

VITAPHONE CORP./FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES:

May 21      BRIDE OF THE REGIMENT (12 rls; sound; assoc. p. Robert North; d. John Francis Dillon; sp. Humphrey Pearson; ad./dia. Ray Harris; ph. Dev Jennings, Charles E.Schoenbaum, ed. Leroy Stone; c. Vivienne Segal, Allan Prior, Walter Pidgeon, Louise Fazenda, Myrna Loy, LL as "Sprotti, ballet master", Ford Sterling, Harry Cording, Claude Fleming, Herbert Clark)  An early Technicolor musical set in old Austria.  ©6-27-30 LP1388

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES:

Jun 14      GOLDEN DAWN (10 rls; sound; d. Ray Enright; sp./dia. Walter Anthony; ph. Dev Jennings; songs. Grant Clarke, Harry Akst, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Emmerich Kalman; choreo. Larry Ceballos; snd. Glenn E. Rominger; c. Walter Woolf, Vivian Segal, Noah Beery, Alice Gentle, LL as "Pigeon", Marion Byron, Lee Moran, Nigel De Brulier, Otto Matieson, Dick Henderson, Julanne Johnston, Nick De Ruiz, Edward Martindale)  A Technicolor musical centering around Europeans living in Africa.  ©6-5-30 LP1355

VITAPHONE CORP./WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES:

Jul 11    EVOLUTION OF THE DANCE (2 rls, sound; d. Jack Haskell; c. LL, Billy Taft, Mary Hutchinson) A Technicolor musical short. No ©

NOTE:  LANE'S U.S. CAREER ENDED IN 1930.  ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES WERE PRODUCED IN GREAT BRITAIN.  THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WORK IS DENIS GIFFORD'S "THE BRITISH FILM CATALOGUE: 1895-1970".  GIFFORD LISTS FILMS' RELEASE DATES ACCORDING TO THE FIRST EXHIBITORS' TRADE SHOWING AND OTHER CRITERIA, EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY PRECEDE THE ACTUAL THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE BY AS MUCH AS A YEAR.  ALL FILMS LISTED BELOW ADHERE TO GIFFORD'S CHRONOLOGY.     

1930:            

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES/WARDOUR:

Aug.  THE YELLOW MASK (reissued 1935; 95 mns; from the play Traitors' Gate" by Edgard Wallace; d. Harry Lachman; ad. Val Valentine, Miles Malleson, George Arthurs, Walter C. Mycroft, W. David; c. LL as "Sam Slipper", Dorothy Seacombe, Warwick Ward, Haddon Mason, Wilfred Temple, Frank Cochrane, Wallace Lupino, William Shine, Winnie Collins)

1931:

PDC:

Mar.  NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE (75 mns; p./d./c. LL; w. Lauri Wylie; ad. George Dewhurst; c. LL as "Oliver Crawford", Renee Clama, Jack Hobbs, Wallace Lupino, Iris Ashley, Dennis Hoey, Wally Patch, Lola Hunt, Barry Lupino, George Dewhurst)     

GAUMONT:

May   NO LADY (72 mns; p. L'Estrange Fawcett; d./c./w. LL; w. R.P. Weston, Bert Lee, LL; ad. George Dewhurst; c. LL as "Mr. Pog", Rene Clama, Sari Maritza, Wallace Lupino, Lola Hunt, Denis O'Neil)

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES/WARDOUR:

Aug.  LOVE LIES (70 mns; d. LL; w./p./ad./c. Stanley Lupino, co-ad. Arthur Rigby, Frank Miller; c. Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd, Jack Hobbs, Dennis Hoey, Binnie Barnes, Sebastian Smith, Wallace Lupino, Arty Ash, Charles Courtneidge)

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES/PATHE:

Dec.  THE LOVE RACE (83 mns; d. LL, Pat Morten; w./p./c. Stanley Lupino; ad. Edwin Greenwood; c. Stanely Lupino, Jack Hobbs, Dorothy Boyd, Dorothy Bartlam, Frank Perfitt, Wallace Lupino, Artie Ash, Florence Vie, Doris Rogers, Ida Lupino)

1932:

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES/WARDOUR:

April THE INNOCENTS OF CHICAGO (USA: WHY SAPS LEAVE HOME; 68 mns; from the play, "The Milky Way" by Reginald Simpson and J. W. Drewball; d. LL; ad. Leslie Arliss, LL; c. Henry Kendall, Betty Norton, Margot Graham, Bernard Nedell, Binnie Barnes, Ben Welden, Wallace Lupino, Charles Farrell, Cyril Smith, Ernest Seften, Peter Bernard, Val Guest) 

Sept. OLD SPANISH CUSTOMERS (68 mns; d. LL; st. Syd Courtenay, Lola Harvey; c. Leslie Fuller, Binnie Barnes, Drusilla Wills,Wallace Lupino, Hal Gordon, Ernest Sefton, Betty Fields, Syd Courtenay, Hal Walters)

Sept. THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS (80 mns; d. LL; w./from the play by Frederick Lonsdale; ad. LL, Douglas Furber, Frank Miller,   Victor Kendall Edwin Greenwood; c. Nancy Brown, Harry Welchman, Betty Stockfeld, Albert Burdon, Gus McNaughton, Garry Marsh, Renee Gadd, Wallace Lupino, Dennis Hoey, Wallace Lupino, Alfredo and his Gypsy Orchestra)

1933:

Feb.  LETTING IN THE SUNSHINE (73 mns; d. LL; w. Anthony Asquith; ad. Con West, Herbert Sargent, Frank Miller; c. Albert Burdon, Renee Gadd, Molly Lamont, Henry Mollison, Tonie Edgar Bruce, Herbert Langley, Eric le Fre, Ethel Warwick, Syd Crossly)

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES/WARDOUR:

Aug.  MY OLD DUCHESS (aka OH! WHAT A DUCHESS!; 65 mns; d. LL; based on Fred Karno's music hall sketch, MUMMING BIRDS; 
w. Con West and Herbert Sargent; c. George Lacy, Batty Davies, Dennis Hoey, Fred Duprez, Renee Macready, Florence Vie, Hugh E. Wright, Pat Aherne)

Oct.  A SOUTHERN MAID (85 mns; d. Harry Hughes; w./from the play by Harry Graham, Dion Clayton Calthrop; ad. Austin Melford, Arthur Woods, Frank Miller, Frank Launder; c. Bebe Daniels, Clifford Mollison, Harry Welchman, LL as "Antonio Lopez", Hal Gordon, Morris Harvey, Amy Vaness, Nancy Brown, Basil Radford

1935:

LUPINO LANE/ST. GEORGE'S PICTURES:

Mar.  WHO'S YOUR FATHER? (63 mns; d. Henry W. George [LL]; w./from the play, TURNED UP, by Mark Melford; ad. LL, Arthur Rigby, Reginald Long; c. LL as "George Medway", Peter Haddon, Nita Harvey, James Finlayson, Jean Kent, Margaret Yarde, James Carew, Peter Gawthorne)

ST. GEORGE'S PICTURES:

Sept. THE DEPUTY DRUMMER (71 mins; p. Ian Sutherland; d. Henry W. George [LL]; w. Reginald Long, Arthur Rigby; c. LL as "Adolphus    Miggs", Jean Denis, Kathleen Kelly, Wallace Lupino, Margaret Yarde, Arthur Rigby, Syd Crossley, Reginald Long, Fred Leslie, Hal Gordon)

Dec.  TRUST THE NAVY (71 mns; p. Ian Sutherland; d. Henry W. George [LL]; w. Arthur Ross; ad. Reginald Long, Arthur Rigby; LL as "Nip Briggs", Nancy Burne, Wallace Lupino, Guy Middleton, Miki Hood, Ben Welden, Fred Leslie, Doris Rogers, Reginald Long, Arthur Rigby)  Note: Lane plays the role of "Nip" for the first time since his short, silent comedy days and for the final time.

1936:

Mar.  HOT NEWS (77 mns; p. Ian Sutherland; d. W.P.Kellino; w. Reginald Long, Arthur Rigby; c. LL as "Jimmy Selby", Phyllis Clare, Wallace Lupino, Barbara Kilner, Ben Welden, Glen Raynham, Reginald Long, Fred Leslie, George Pughe, The Dorchester Girls)

1939:

CAPAD-PINEBROOK/( MGM ):

Apr.  THE LAMBETH WALK (84 mns; p. Anthony Havelock-Allen; d. Albert de Courville; w./from the play, ME AND MY GIRL, by            Louis Rose, Douglas Furber, Noel Gay; sc. Clifford Grey, Robert Edmunds, John Paddy Carstairs; LL as "Bill Snibson", Sally Gray, Seymour Hicks, Norah Howard, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Wallace Lupino, Wilfred Hyde White, May Hallat, Mark Lester, Charles Helsop)

1940:

FILMS FOR PEACE, INC./MAYER-BURSTYN, INC.

Apr 13  LIGHTS OUT IN EUROPE (7 rls; 66 or 68 mns.; p./d./ed. Herbert Kline; ph. Alexander Hackenschmied, Douglas Slocombe;      c. LL, James Hilton (comm.), Frederick March (narr.)  Lane performs "The Siegfried Line" on the stage of the Victoria Palace, London.

FOR FURTHER RESEARCH:

ISHET EFFE EN TANGO (listed in Magliozzi)

WRONG WAY WILLIE (1923; listed in Langman)

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES

Gifford, Denis.  The British Film Catalogue 1895-1970: A Reference Guide.  New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1973.

Hanson, Patricia King and Gevinson, Alan, eds. American Film Institute Catalogue of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1931-1940.  Berkley, CA, University of California Press, 1993.

Lahue, Kalten C.  World of Laughter: The Motion Picture Comedy Short: 1910-1930.  Norman, OK,  Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1972.

Lahue, Kalton C. and Gill, Samuel A.  Clown Princes and Court Jesters.  Cranbury, NJ,  A. S. Barnes & Co., Inc., 1970.

Langman, Larry.  Encyclopedia of American Film Comedy.  New York, Garland Publishing. 1987.

Library of Congress.  Motion Pictures 1912-1939: Catalogue of Copyright Entries.  Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1951.

Magliozzi, Ronald S., comp. & ed.  Treasures from the Film Archives: A catalogue of short, silent fiction films held by FIAF archives.  Metuchen, NJ & London, Scarecrow Press, 1988. 

Montomery, John.  Comedy Films.  London, 1954, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.

Motion Picture News Booking Guide.  1922-1927.

Moving Picture World.  1922-1927.

Munden, Kenneth W., Exec. Ed.  American Film Institute Catalogue: Feature Films 1921-1930.  NY & London, R.R. Bowker Co., 1971.

Nash, Jay Robert and Ross, Stanley Ralph.  The Motion Picture Guide.  Chicago, Cinebooks, Inc., 1987.

Slide, Anthony.  The American Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary.  NY, Limelight Editions, 1990.

Weaver, John T.  Twenty Years of Silents.  Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1971.

White, John Dillon.  Born to Star: The Story of Lupino Lane. London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1957.

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