My Old Dutch is a 1934 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Michael Hogan and Florrie Forde. The film portrays the lives of Londoners during the First World War. The film was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures. The film's sets were designed by Peter Proud. Bryan Edgar Wallace contributed to the screenplay, adapted from the stage play written by Arthur Shirley and also based on Albert Chevalier's famous song.
Synopsis
This film tracks the highlights of a cockney couple's son as he marries a rich man's disowned daughter and dies in the RFC.
Cast
Betty Balfour as Lil
Gordon Harker as Ernie
Michael Hogan as Bert
Florrie Forde as Aunt Bertha
Mickey Brantford as Jim
Glennis Lorimer as Valerie Paraday
Peter Gawthorne as Mr Paraday
Frank Pettingell as Uncle Alf
Robert Nainby as Grandpa
Bill Shine (actor) as Cousin 'arry
Finlay Currie as Mo
Felix Aylmer as Judge
John Singer as Jim as a child
Ronald Shiner
References
Bibliography
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.