The Luck of the Navy (film) explained

The Luck of the Navy
Director:	Fred Paul
Producer:	Rudolph Salomon
Starring:	Evelyn Laye Henry Victor Hayford Hobbs Norma Whalley
Cinematography:	Claude L. McDonnell
Studio:	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Distributor:	Graham-Wilcox Productions
Runtime:	8,000 feet^[1]
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Luck of the Navy is a 1927 British silent comedy thriller film directed by Fred Paul and starring Evelyn Laye, Henry Victor and Hayford Hobbs.^[2] It was an adaptation of the 1919 play The Luck of the Navy by Mrs Clifford Mills. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios.^[3]

Cast

• Evelyn Laye as Cynthia Eden
• Henry Victor as Lieutenant Clive Stanton
• Hayford Hobbs as Louis Peel
• Robert Cunningham as Admiral Maybridge
• Norma Whalley as Mrs Peel
• H. Agar Lyons as Colonel Dupont
• William Freshman as Wing Eden
• Basil Griffen as Anna
• Zoe Palmer as Dora Green
• H. Saxon-Snell as Francois
• Douglas Herald as Joe Briggs
• Wally Patch as Stoker Clark
• Burton Craig as Lord Nelson
• Joan Langford Reed as Dora - Child

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. Low p.405
2. Web site: The Luck of the Navy (1927). https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061126/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40991. dead. 18 January 2009.
3. Wood p.63