| A South Sea Bubble | |
| Director: | T. Hayes Hunter |
| Producer: | Michael Balcon S.C. Balcon |
| Based On: | novel by Roland Pertwee[1] |
| Starring: | Ivor Novello Benita Hume Alma Taylor Annette Benson |
| Cinematography: | James Wilson |
| Studio: | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Distributor: | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
A South Sea Bubble is a 1928 British silent comedy adventure film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Ivor Novello, Benita Hume and Alma Taylor.[2] The screenplay concerns a group of adventurers who head to the Pacific Ocean to hunt for buried treasure. It was made at Islington Studios.[3]
The below is a transcription from a ship's manifest and relates to the making of the film "A South Sea Bubble";
Vessel; Jan Pieterszoon Coen (Nederland Royal Mail Line)Departed; 4 February 1928From; SouthamptonDestination; Algiers (and onwards)
On the passenger list in 1st Class were;
Mr. Sydney Sidmer Seaward as ActorMr. William John Hamilton as ActorMr. Stanley James Warmington as ActorMr. Benjamin Arthur Field as ActorMr. Robert Holmes as Actor
Mrs. Benita Siepmann as Actress (Professionally known as Benita Hume) sic, as on pageMrs. Lilian Ames as Actress (Professionally known as Mary Dibley) sic, as on pageMrs. Kathleen Lenzer as Actress (professionally known as Annette Benson) - sic, as on pageMrs. Violet Weinstein as Actress (this entry was struck through)Miss Alma Taylor as Film Artist
Mr. James Graham Kelly as Assistant Film DirectorMr. John Henry Morley as Camera MechanicMr. Richard George Wilson as CinematographerMr. John Charles Ramsay as Property MasterMr. Reginald Ernest Enckell Beck as Assistant Camera Man
Ivor Novello as Musical Composer of 11 Aldwych, London, WC2William Lloyd Charles Williams as Private Secretary of 11 Aldwych, London, WC2