Splendid Fellows
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Splendid Fellows is a 1934 Australian film from director Beaumont Smith
about an Englishman (Frank Leighton
) who comes to Australia. The cast includes Eric Colman, brother of Ronald Colman
, and Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, who has a cameo as himself. This was Smith's last film.
Beaumont Smith
Frank Beaumont Smith , was an Australian film director, producer and exhibitor, best known for making low-budget comedies. After a career in theatre production, including managing a midget circus, he made his first film in 1917, Our Friends, the Hayseeds. He went on to become one of the most...
about an Englishman (Frank Leighton
Frank Leighton
Frank Leighton was an Australian actor best known for two leading roles in films for Ken G. Hall, Thoroughbred and Tall Timbers .-Biography:...
) who comes to Australia. The cast includes Eric Colman, brother of Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman was an English actor.-Early years:He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, the second son and fourth child of Charles Colman and his wife Marjory Read Fraser. His siblings included Eric, Edith, and Marjorie. He was educated at boarding school in Littlehampton, where he...
, and Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, who has a cameo as himself. This was Smith's last film.
Cast
- Frank LeightonFrank LeightonFrank Leighton was an Australian actor best known for two leading roles in films for Ken G. Hall, Thoroughbred and Tall Timbers .-Biography:...
as The Hon. Hurbert Montmorency - Leo Franklyn as Thompson
- Frank Bradley as Jim McBride
- Eric Colman as Reverend Arthur Stanhope
- Isabelle Mahon as Eileen McBride
- Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith as himself
External links
- Splendid Fellows in the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Splendid Fellows at Australian Screen OnlineAustralian Screen OnlineAustralian Screen Online is an on-line database operated by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive. It provides information about and excerpts from a wide selection of Australian feature films, documentaries, television programs, newsreels, short films, animations, and home-movies. It also...