The Rolling Road
The Rolling Road is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Flora le Breton, Clifford Heatherley and A.V. Bramble.[1] The screenplay concerns a young woman in a Cornish fishing village who has to choose between various suitors.
| The Rolling Road | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Graham Cutts |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Carlyle Blackwell |
| Written by | Boyd Cable Violet E. Powell |
| Starring | Carlyle Blackwell Flora le Breton Clifford Heatherley |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Woolf and Freedman |
Release date | 19 September 1927 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
It was made at Islington Studios and on location at Porthleven in Cornwall and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.[2] It premiered in May 1927 and went on general release in September of the same year. Its critical reception was unenthusiastic, with reviewers feeling it was below the standard of Cutts' other work during the era.[3]
Cast
- Carlyle Blackwell as Tom Forty
- Flora le Breton as Nell
- Clifford Heatherley as John Ogilvie
- A.V. Bramble as John Christobel
- Cameron Carr as Mate
- Marie Ault as Grannie
- Mickey Brantford as Nipper
- Benson Kleve as Captain
References
- BFI.org
- Chapman p.169
- Chapman p.170
Bibliography
- Chapman, Gary. London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years. Edditt, 2014.
- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
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