Not So Quiet on the Western Front (film)
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Not So Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 British
comedy film
directed by Monty Banks
and starring Leslie Fuller
, Mona Goya
and Wilfred Temple. It was made by British International Pictures. Its title is a reference to All Quiet on the Western Front
.
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 Monty Banks
Monty Banks
Montague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe...
and starring Leslie Fuller
Leslie Fuller
Leslie Fuller was a British comedy film actor. He was married to the actress Nancy Bates.Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London, although many biographies wrongly state Margate, as he had a lifelong association with this seaside town. His father was Albert...
, Mona Goya
Mona Goya
Mona Goya was a Mexican-born French film actress who rose to fame in the 1930s.-Selected filmography:* The Lady from the Sea * Road to Dishonour * The Price of Things * Juggernaut...
and Wilfred Temple. It was made by British International Pictures. Its title is a reference to All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.The...
.
Cast
- Leslie FullerLeslie FullerLeslie Fuller was a British comedy film actor. He was married to the actress Nancy Bates.Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London, although many biographies wrongly state Margate, as he had a lifelong association with this seaside town. His father was Albert...
- Bill Smith - Mona GoyaMona GoyaMona Goya was a Mexican-born French film actress who rose to fame in the 1930s.-Selected filmography:* The Lady from the Sea * Road to Dishonour * The Price of Things * Juggernaut...
- Fifi - Wilfred Temple - Bob
- Stella BrowneStella BrowneStella Browne was an English feminist, socialist, sex radical, and birth control campaigner.-Life:Browne spent some time in Germany before World War I, meeting radical feminists there, such as the circle around Helene Stöcker....
- Yvonne - Gladys Cruickshank - Mimi
- Gerald Lyle - Private Very
- Dmitri Vetter - Private John Willie
- Syd CourtenaySyd CourtenaySyd Courtenay was a South African-born British actor and screenwriter. He was a frequent collaborator with the comedian Leslie Fuller. Courtenay first met Fuller in 1919 in Margate and they soon struck up a partnership with routines featuring their comedic character Bill...
- Lieutenant - Frank Melroyd - Sergeant
- Marjorie Loring - Diane
- Nina OlivetteNina OlivetteNina Olivette was a New York-born American actress and vaudeville performer, known in her early career as Betty Veronica....
- Dancer