Roses of Picardy (film)

Roses of Picardy
Roses of Picardy
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	R.H. Mottram (novel) ; Gareth Gundrey ; Jack Harris ; Fred V. Merrick
Produced by	Maurice Elvey ; M.A. Wetherell ; Victor Saville
Starring	Lillian Hall-Davis; John Stuart; Humberston Wright ; Jameson Thomas
Production; company	Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	April 1927;
Running time	8,500 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright.^[2] The title is a reference to the popular First World War song Roses of Picardy. It was based on the novels The Spanish Farm (1924) Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four (1925) by R.H. Mottram. It was made at the Cricklewood Studios in London.

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^ Low p.440
^ "Roses of Picardy (1928)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.

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