Whispering Tongues

1934 film

  • Bernard Mainwaring
  • H. Fowler Mear
Produced byJulius HagenStarring
  • Reginald Tate
  • Jane Welsh
  • Russell Thorndike
  • Malcolm Keen
CinematographyErnest PalmerEdited byLister LauranceMusic byW.L. Trytel
Production
company
Real Art Productions
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • March 1934 (1934-03)
Running time
55 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Whispering Tongues is a 1934 British crime film directed by George Pearson and starring Reginald Tate, Jane Welsh and Russell Thorndike. The screenplay concerns a son who seeks revenge by stealing valuables from the men who drove his father to suicide.

Cast

  • Reginald Tate as Alan Norton
  • Jane Welsh as Claudia Mayland
  • Russell Thorndike as Fenwick
  • Malcolm Keen as Inspector Dawley
  • Felix Aylmer as Supt. Fulton
  • Charles Carson as Roger Mayland
  • Toni Edgar-Bruce as Lady Weaver
  • Victor Stanley as Steward

Production

The film was made at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.[1] The film's sets were designed by James A. Carter.

References

  1. ^ Chibnall p.281

Bibliography

  • 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.

External links

  • Whispering Tongues at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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