• Alf's Button may refer to: Alf's Button (novel), a 1920 novel by W.A. Darlington Alf's Button (play), a 1924 play based on the novel Alf's Button (1920...
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  • Alf's Button is a 1920 British comic novel written by William Aubrey Darlington. A soldier in the British Army comes across a magic button which summons...
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  • Alf's Button Afloat is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter...
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  • strong an influence it had on William Aubrey Darlington's 1920 work Alf's Button. It has been made into films on three occasions a 1914 British silent...
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  • Alf's Button is a 1930 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard and Nora Swinburne. It is an adaptation of the...
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    Alf's Button is a 1920 British silent fantasy comedy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor and Gerald Ames. It was based...
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    Passions Bit Part Uncredited 1930 The W Plan Woman at Cafe Table Uncredited Alf's Button Bit Part Uncredited A Warm Corner Bit Part Uncredited 1931 Never Trouble...
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  • Heaven (1936); O-Kay for Sound (1937) for Varnel with The Crazy Gang; Alf's Button Afloat (1938) with Flanagan and Allen. He also wrote the Will Hay comedies...
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  • died in 1985. He made his stage debut in 1926 as Lieutenant Allen in Alf's Button at the Hippodrome Theatre in Margate, Kent. His London stage debut was...
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  • writer Sweet Success (short; 1936) – director Convict 99 (1938) – writer Alf's Button Afloat (1938) – writer The Good Old Days (1940) – story Charley's (Big-Hearted)...
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  • with English intertitles. The film was loosely based on the 1920 novel Alf's Button by W.A. Darlington. It is also known by the alternative title The Rocket...
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  • Armentieres)" A Fire Has Been Arranged (1934) Underneath the Arches (1937) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) Gasbags (1940) We'll Smile Again (1942) Theatre Royal (1943)...
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  • Home (1915) - Miss Myrtle Anna the Adventuress (1920) - Nellie Bates Alf's Button (1920) - Vicar's wife The Naked Man (1923) - Miss Linnett The Loves of...
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    Phonofilm, released December 1926 Alf's Button (1930) Skylarks (1936) It's in the Bag (1936) O-Kay for Sound (1937) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) Life Is a Circus...
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  • his career. He died on 9 January 1975 from a heart attack, aged 58. Alf's Button Afloat (1938) - Minor Role (uncredited) This Man Is Dangerous (1941)...
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  • Reed starring Margaret Lockwood. He did Convict 99 (1938) with Hay; Alf's Button Afloat (1938) with The Crazy Gang for Varney; Old Bones of the River...
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  • The Rescue Freeman Wills Crofts – The Cask William Aubrey Darlington – Alf's Button Miguel de Unamuno Tres novelas ejemplares y un prólogo (Three Exemplary...
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  • United Kingdom Pathécolor sequences Gainsborough Pictures Lost film 1930 Alf's Button United Kingdom Pathécolor sequences British Gaumont Lost film 1930 Paramount...
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  • Performances, and Eddie Gray rejoined the group in 1956. O-Kay for Sound (1937) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) The Frozen Limits (1939) Gasbags (1941) Life Is a Circus...
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  • "chesney" or "Chesney Allen". Wild Boy (1934) O-Kay for Sound (1937) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) We'll Smile Again (1942) Theatre Royal (1943) Dreaming...
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    Wallace's The Squeaker (1937), after a stage production of the same piece; Alf's Button Afloat (1938) with the Crazy Gang; also in 1938 he played a revengeful...
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  • Take My Tip (1937) You Live and Learn (1937) A Spot of Bother (1938) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) Break the News (1938) Climbing High (1938) Convict 99 (1938)...
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  • Darlington also wrote novels, most successfully with his 1920 comic work Alf's Button which was adapted into several films. He wrote an autobiography, I Do...
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  • 1987) was an English singer and actress. The Marriage Business (1927) Alf's Button (1930) Harmony Heaven (1930) His Lordship (1932) Kentucky Minstrels (1934)...
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    12.10 (1919) The Forest on the Hill (1919) Helen of Four Gates (1920) Alf's Button (1920) Anna the Adventuress (1920) Mrs. Erricker's Reputation (1920)...
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  • Title Release Date Director Just for a Song March 1930 Gareth Gundrey Alf's Button March 1930 William Kellino The Night Porter March 1930 Sewell Collins...
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    Evelyn Farrar Sheba Sheba The Nature of the Beast Anna de Berghem 1920 Alf's Button Liz Helen of Four Gates Helen Mrs. Erricker's Reputation Georgiana Erricker...
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    Marcus (1926) Sailors Don't Care (1928) Smashing Through (1929) Alf's Carpet (1929) Alf's Button (1930) Who Killed Doc Robin? (1931) The Poisoned Diamond (1934)...
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    London (1925) as Vee-Vee One Colombo Night (1926) as Jean Caldicott Alf's Button (1930) as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter Caste (1930) as Esther Eccles These Charming...
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  • Year Title Company Director Producer Star Notes 1938 Alf's Button Afloat Gainsborough Marcel Varney Edward Black The Crazy Gang 1938 A Spot of Bother David...
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