Brown Sugar (1931 film)
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Brown Sugar is a 1931 British romance film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
and starring Constance Carpenter
, Francis Lister
, Alan Aynesworth and Helen Haye
. It was largely filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London
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Leslie S. Hiscott
Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role...
and starring Constance Carpenter
Constance Carpenter
Constance Emmeline Carpenter was an English-born American film and musical theatre actress.-Biography:Born in Bath, Somerset, Carpenter was the daughter of vaudevillians and began performing at an early age....
, Francis Lister
Francis Lister
Francis Lister was a British film actor. He was married to the actress Nora Swinburne.-Selected filmography:* Comin' Thro the Rye * Boden's Boy * At the Villa Rose * Uneasy Virtue...
, Alan Aynesworth and Helen Haye
Helen Haye
Helen Haye was a British stage and film actress.She began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in Hamlet. Her film career began in 1917. She often worked with director Alexander Korda...
. It was largely filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London
London
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Cast
- Constance CarpenterConstance CarpenterConstance Emmeline Carpenter was an English-born American film and musical theatre actress.-Biography:Born in Bath, Somerset, Carpenter was the daughter of vaudevillians and began performing at an early age....
as Lady Stella Sloane - Francis ListerFrancis ListerFrancis Lister was a British film actor. He was married to the actress Nora Swinburne.-Selected filmography:* Comin' Thro the Rye * Boden's Boy * At the Villa Rose * Uneasy Virtue...
as Lord Sloane - Alan Aynesworth as Lord Knightsbridge
- Helen HayeHelen HayeHelen Haye was a British stage and film actress.She began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in Hamlet. Her film career began in 1917. She often worked with director Alexander Korda...
as Lady Knightsbridge - Cecily Byrne as Lady Honoria Nesbitt
- Eva MooreEva MooreEva Moore was an English actress. Her career on stage and in film spanned six decades, and she was active in the women's suffrage movement.-Early life and career:...
as Mrs. Cunningham - Chili BouchierChili BouchierChili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a...
as Ninon de Veaux - Gerald RawlinsonGerald Rawlinson-Selected filmography:* The Hellcat * Life's a Stage * The Rising Generation * The Silent House * The Devil's Maze * The Rocket Bus * The Night Porter * Young Woodley...
as Archie Wentworth - Alfred DraytonAlfred DraytonAlfred Drayton was a British film actor.Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was The Beloved Vagabond at Cardiff in 1908 and his London debut was at the Haymarket Theatre the...
as Edmondson - Wallace GeoffreyWallace Geoffrey-Selected filmography:Actor* Brown Sugar * The House Opposite * The Flying Fool * Life Goes On * Aren't We All? * On Secret Service * The Outcast...
as Crawbie Carruthers