My Old Dutch

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My Old Dutch - 1934 | 82 mins | Musical | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Sinclair Hill.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Script: Marjorie Gaffney, Albert Chevalier, Mary Murillo and Bryan Edgar Wallace. (from a story by Leslie Arliss, Michael Hogan and Arthur Shirley.
Cinematography: Leslie Rowson.
Original Music: Albert Chevalier.

The Cast

Betty Balfour - Lil
Gordon Harker - Ernie
Michael Hogan - Bert
Bill Shine - Cousin 'Arry
Frank Pettingell - Uncle Alf
Michael Brantford - Jim
Felix Aylmer - Judge
Robert Nainby - Grandpa
Glennis Lorimer - Valerie Paraday
Finlay Currie - Mo
Peter Gawthorne - Mr. Paraday

Plot Synopsis

Based on a Cockney song, the film is remake of the 1915 sentimental silent film. Covering 40 years in the life of Cockney couple, whose happily married life is only marred when their son falls in love with a wealthy girl whose father disowns her, and he then dies a hero during WWI. His widow is left to raise their baby son by herself.