Alf's Button (1930 film)

Alf's Button is a 1930 British comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard and Nora Swinburne. It is an adaptation of the 1920 novel Alf's Button by William Aubrey Darlington. The film featured some singing and dancing sequences in an early colour process, believed to be Pathécolor.

Plot synopsis

A Cockney soldier discovers a button on his uniform was made from Aladdin's lamp, and grants wishes when rubbed.

Cast

• Tubby Edlin as Alf Higgins
• Alf Goddard as Bill Grant
• Nora Swinburne as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
• Polly Ward as Liz
• Humberston Wright as Eustace the genie
• Annie Esmond as Mrs. Gaskins
• Gypsy Rhouma as Lucy
• Peter Haddon as Lieutenant Allen
• Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Major
• Bruce Winston as Mustapha
• Spencer Trevor as Lord Dunwater
• Anton Dolin
• Merle Oberon
• Jimmy Nervo
• Teddy Knox

Preservation status

This film is believed to be lost.

See also

• List of early color feature films

Bibliography

• David R. Sutton, A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929–1939 (University of Exeter Press, 2000)

External links

• Alf's Button at the Internet Movie Database