SPLINTERS (1929) Nelson Keys, Sydney Howard & Lew Lake | B&W |Old Hollywood

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Splinters is an all-talking sound 1929 British musical comedy film based on the stage revue Splinters. It was British & Dominions Film Corporation's first all-talking release filmed entirely in the UK. The revue tells the story of the origin of the concert party Splinters created by UK soldiers in France in 1915. The film was followed by two sequels, Splinters in the Navy (1931) and Splinters in the Air (1937).

Synopsis

Musical comedy, based on the story of the founding of the 'Splinters' concert party in France 1915, by soldiers serving in the British Army on the Western Front.

Cast & Crew

Nelson Keys
Sydney Howard as Doleful Soldier
Lew Lake as Nobbler
Hal Jones as Sergeant
Reg Stone as Drag Artist
Wilfred Temple
Carroll Gibbons as Himself, leading the HMV Orchestra
Gus Aubrey as Drag Act
George Baker
Walter Glynne
Sidney Grantham
Clifford Heatherley as Sergeant Miller

Director: Jack Raymond
Writer: W. P. Lipscomb
Producer: Herbert Wilcox
Cinematography: David Kesson
Production Companies: The Gramophone Company, British & Dominions Film Corporation
Distributor: Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release Date: 23 December 1929
Running Time: 82 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: Sound (All-Talking), English
Budget: $175,000
Box Office: $500,000