Alf's Carpet is a 1929 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Gerald Rawlinson, Gladys Hamer, Harald Madsen and Carl Schenstrøm. It was loosely based on the 1920 novel Alf's Button by W.A. Darlington. It is also known by the alternative title The Rocket Bus.
Production
The film was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was originally intended as a silent, but as British studios switched to sound film and large chunks of it were shot in sound.
Cast
Gerald Rawlinson as Jimmy Donaldson
Gladys Hamer as Lizzie Fletcher
Harald Madsen as Alf
Carl Schenstrøm as Bill
Philip Hewland as Djinn
Edward O'Neill as Joan's Father
Janice Adair as Joan
Frank Perfitt as Caliph
See also
List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
Bibliography
Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Warren, Patricia. Elstree: The British Hollywood. Columbus Books, 1988. Wood, Linda. British Films 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.