S.O.S. (film)

S.O.S.
Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Written by	Walter Ellis (play)
Starring	Robert Loraine Bramwell Fletcher Ursula Jeans Lewis Dayton
Production company	Strand Films
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release dates	December 1928
Running time	7,250 feet^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent English intertitles

S.O.S. is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Robert Loraine, Bramwell Fletcher and Ursula Jeans. The film takes its title from the morse code distress signal S.O.S.. It was made at Lime Grove Studios.

The film marked director Hiscott's first move from comedy films, which he had begun his career making, into the straight dramatic films that would become best known for.

Cast

Robert Loraine as Owen Herriott
Bramwell Fletcher as Herriott
Ursula Jeans as Lady Weir
Lewis Dayton as Sir Julian Weir
Andrée Sacré as Judy Weir
Campbell Gullan as Karensky
Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mme. Karensky
Viola Lyel as Effie

References

↑ Low p.455

Bibliography

Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links

S.O.S. at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Leslie S. Hiscott

Feature Films The Marriage Business (1927) S.O.S. (1928) The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928) Ringing the Changes (1929) The Feather (1929) Call of the Sea (1930) The House of the Arrow (1930) At the Villa Rose (1930) The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) Brown Sugar (1931) Alibi (1931) Black Coffee (1931) Night in Montmartre (1931) When London Sleeps (1932) A Tight Corner (1932) A Safe Proposition (1932) Once Bitten (1932) Murder at Covent Garden (1932) The Missing Rembrandt (1932) The Crooked Lady (1932) Double Dealing (1932) The Face at the Window (1932) That's My Wife (1933) Strike It Rich (1933) The Stolen Necklace (1933) Out of the Past (1933) Marooned (1933) The Iron Stair (1933) I'll Stick to You (1933) His Grace Gives Notice (1933) Yes, Madam (1933) The Melody-Maker (1933) Cleaning Up (1933) The Stickpin (1933) Great Stuff (1933) Keep It Quiet (1934) Passing Shadows (1934) Flat Number Three (1934) The Man I Want (1934) Gay Love (1934) Crazy People (1934) She Shall Have Music (1935) A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) The Big Splash (1935) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) Annie, Leave the Room! (1935) Three Witnesses (1935) Inside the Room (1935) Death on the Set (1935) Department Store (1935) The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936) Fame (1936) Millions (1937) Fine Feathers (1937) Ship's Concert (1937) Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940) The Seventh Survivor (1941) Sabotage at Sea (1942) Lady from Lisbon (1942) The Butler's Dilemma (1943) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) The Time of His Life (1955) Tons of Trouble (1956)

Short Films Raising the Wind (1925) A Friend of Cupid (1925) A Fowl Proceeding (1925) Cats (1925) Billets (1925)

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