The Middle Watch (1930 film)
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The Middle Watch is a 1930 British
comedy film
directed by Norman Walker
and starring Owen Nares
, Jacqueline Logan
, Jack Raine
and Dodo Watts
. It was based on a play by Ian Hay.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Norman Walker
Norman Walker (director)
-Selected filmography:* Tommy Atkins * The Middle Watch * The Shadow Between * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent * Lilies of the Field * Turn of the Tide * Sunset in Vienna...
and starring Owen Nares
Owen Nares
Owen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star...
, Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Logan was a star of the silent motion picture screen who was on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht The Oneida in 1924 when film director Thomas Ince died. The young actress was under contract to Ince at the time. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. She was born in Corsicana, Texas...
, Jack Raine
Jack Raine
Jack Raine was a British television and film actor. He was married to actress and musician Binnie Hale.-Selected filmography:* Night Birds * The Middle Watch * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent...
and Dodo Watts
Dodo Watts
Dodo Watts was a British film actress. Her birth name was Dorothy Margaret Watts.-Selected filmography:* Auld Lang Syne * School for Scandal * Almost a Honeymoon * The Man from Chicago...
. It was based on a play by Ian Hay.
Cast
- Owen NaresOwen NaresOwen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star...
- Captain Maitland - Jacqueline LoganJacqueline LoganJacqueline Logan was a star of the silent motion picture screen who was on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht The Oneida in 1924 when film director Thomas Ince died. The young actress was under contract to Ince at the time. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. She was born in Corsicana, Texas...
- Mary Carlton - Jack RaineJack RaineJack Raine was a British television and film actor. He was married to actress and musician Binnie Hale.-Selected filmography:* Night Birds * The Middle Watch * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent...
- Commander Baddeley - Dodo WattsDodo WattsDodo Watts was a British film actress. Her birth name was Dorothy Margaret Watts.-Selected filmography:* Auld Lang Syne * School for Scandal * Almost a Honeymoon * The Man from Chicago...
- Fay Eaton - Frederick VolpeFrederick Volpe-Selected filmography:* The Labour Leader * The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick * Lord Richard in the Pantry * The Middle Watch * Bed and Breakfast...
- Admiral Sir Herbert Hewitt - Henry WenmanHenry Wenman-Selected filmography:* The Silver King * Bachelor's Baby * Money for Nothing * Two White Arms * Brother Alfred * Freedom of the Seas * There Goes Susie * Brewster's Millions...
- Marine Ogg - Reginald PurdellReginald PurdellReginald Purdell was an English actor and screenwriter who appeared in over 40 films between 1930 and 1951...
- Corporal Duckett - Margaret Halstan - Lady Agatha Hewitt
- Phyllis Loring - Nancy Hewitt
- Hamilton Keene - Captain Randall
- Muriel AkedMuriel AkedMuriel Aked was a British film actress. She was a student at Liverpool Repertory Theatre for six months but left to do war work. She made her screen debut in 1920 in A Sister to Assist 'Er...
- Charlotte Hopkinson - George Carr - Ah Fong
- Syd CrossleySyd CrossleySyd Crossley was an English film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1925 and 1942.He was born in London, England and died in Troon, Scotland...
- Sentry