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The Silver Spoon

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The Silver Spoon
Directed byGeorge King
Written byBrock Williams
Produced byIrving Asher
StarringIan Hunter
Garry Marsh
Binnie Barnes
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • 20 December 1933 (1933-12-20)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Silver Spoon is a 1933 British comedy crime film directed by George King and starring Ian Hunter, Garry Marsh and Cecil Parker.[1] It was produced and distributed as a quota quickie by Warner Brothers and was shot at the company's Teddington Studios in London.[2] The Silver Spoon is classed by the British Film Institute as a lost film.[3]

Synopsis

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The screenplay concerns a homeless man who admits to a murder he did not commit in order to protect a woman.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Chibnall p.275
  3. ^ Missing Believed Lost British Pictures. Retrieved 21-10-2010

Bibliography

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  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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