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1927 film

Roses of Picardy
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	R.H. Mottram (novel) Gareth Gundrey Jack Harris Fred V. Merrick
Produced by	Maurice Elvey M.A. Wetherell Victor Saville
Starring	Lillian Hall-Davis John Stuart Humberston Wright Jameson Thomas
Production company	Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	April 1927 (1927-04)
Running time	8,500 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright. The title is a reference to the popular First World War song Roses of Picardy. It was based on the novels The Spanish Farm (1924) Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four (1925) by R.H. Mottram. It was made at the Cricklewood Studios in London.

Cast

Lillian Hall-Davis - Madame Vanderlynden
John Stuart - Lieutenant Skene
Humberston Wright - Jerome Vanderlynden
Jameson Thomas - Georges d'Archeville
Marie Ault - Baroness d'Archeville
A. Bromley Davenport - Baron d'Archeville
Clifford Heatherley - Uncle

References

Low p.440
"Roses of Picardy (1928)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

Bibliography

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

External links

Roses of Picardy at IMDb

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Silent films	Maria Marten (1913) The Suicide Club (1914) The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914) Her Luck in London (1914) The Idol of Paris (1914) There's Good in Everyone (1915) Honeymoon for Three (1915) Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915) Midshipman Easy (1915) Gilbert Dying to Die (1915) Florence Nightingale (1915) From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915) Her Nameless Child (1915) Home (1915) Love in a Wood (1915) Fine Feathers (1915) Charity Ann (1915) A Will of Her Own (1915) Meg the Lady (1916) Esther (1916) Driven (1916) Vice Versa (1916) Money for Nothing (1916) When Knights Were Bold (1916) Trouble for Nothing (1916) The Princess of Happy Chance (1916) The King's Daughter (1916) Mother Love (1916) Smith (1917) The Grit of a Jew (1917) The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917) Justice (1917) The Gay Lord Quex (1917) Flames (1917) Mary Girl (1917) Hindle Wakes (1918) The Greatest Wish in the World (1918) Goodbye (1918) Adam Bede (1918) The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) Nelson (1918) Comradeship (1919) Quinneys (1919) Keeper of the Door (1919) Dombey and Son (1919) The Rocks of Valpre (1919) God's Good Man (1919) Mr. Wu (1919) The Swindler (1919) The Elusive Pimpernel (1919) Bleak House (1920) The Amateur Gentleman (1920) At the Villa Rose (1920) The Hundredth Chance (1920) A Question of Trust (1920) The Tavern Knight (1920) The Victory Leaders (1920) Innocent (1921) A Gentleman of France (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) The Fruitful Vine (1921) A Romance of Wastdale (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Passionate Friends (1922) Running Water (1922) Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922) A Debt of Honour (1922) The Wandering Jew (1923) The Sign of Four (1923) Guy Fawkes (1923) The Royal Oak (1923) Sally Bishop (1923) Don Quixote (1923) Henry, King of Navarre (1924) Slaves of Destiny (1924) The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924) My Husband's Wives (1924) Folly of Vanity (1924) Curlytop (1924) She Wolves (1925) Every Man's Wife (1925) The Woman Tempted (1926) The Flag Lieutenant (1926) Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926) Roses of Picardy (1927) Tragedy of a Marriage (1927) Hindle Wakes (1927) The Flight Commander (1927) Quinneys (1927) The Glad Eye (1927) Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928) Balaclava (1928) Palais de danse (1928) You Know What Sailors Are (1928) High Treason (1929)
Sound films	The School for Scandal (1930) Potiphar's Wife (1931) Sally in Our Alley (1931) A Honeymoon Adventure (1931) Frail Women (1932) In a Monastery Garden (1932) The Marriage Bond (1932) The Water Gipsies (1932) Diamond Cut Diamond (1932) The Lodger (1932) The Lost Chord (1933) I Lived with You (1933) This Week of Grace (1933) Soldiers of the King (1933) Love, Life and Laughter (1934) Road House (1934) Lily of Killarney (1934) The Clairvoyant (1935) The Tunnel (1935) Heat Wave (1935) Spy of Napoleon (1936) The Man in the Mirror (1936) A Romance in Flanders (1937) Who Killed John Savage? (1937) Melody and Romance (1937) Change for a Sovereign (1937) Lightning Conductor (1938) Who Goes Next? (1938) The Return of the Frog (1938) Sword of Honour (1939) Sons of the Sea (1939) Under Your Hat (1940) The Spider (1940) For Freedom (1940) Room for Two (1940) Salute John Citizen (1942) The Lamp Still Burns (1943) Medal for the General (1944) Strawberry Roan (1945) Beware of Pity (1946) The Third Visitor (1951) The Late Edwina Black (1951) My Wife's Lodger (1952) The Great Game (1953) Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) House of Blackmail (1953) The Harassed Hero (1954) What Every Woman Wants (1954) The Gay Dog (1954) The Happiness of Three Women (1954) You Lucky People! (1955) Room in the House (1955) Fun at St. Fanny's (1956) Dry Rot (1956) Stars in Your Eyes (1956) Second Fiddle (1957)

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

Silent films

Maria Marten (1913)
The Suicide Club (1914)
The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914)
Her Luck in London (1914)
The Idol of Paris (1914)
There's Good in Everyone (1915)
Honeymoon for Three (1915)
Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915)
Midshipman Easy (1915)
Gilbert Dying to Die (1915)
Florence Nightingale (1915)
From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915)
Her Nameless Child (1915)
Home (1915)
Love in a Wood (1915)
Fine Feathers (1915)
Charity Ann (1915)
A Will of Her Own (1915)
Meg the Lady (1916)
Esther (1916)
Driven (1916)
Vice Versa (1916)
Money for Nothing (1916)
When Knights Were Bold (1916)
Trouble for Nothing (1916)
The Princess of Happy Chance (1916)
The King's Daughter (1916)
Mother Love (1916)
Smith (1917)
The Grit of a Jew (1917)
The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917)
Justice (1917)
The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
Flames (1917)
Mary Girl (1917)
Hindle Wakes (1918)
The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
Goodbye (1918)
Adam Bede (1918)
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)
Nelson (1918)
Comradeship (1919)
Quinneys (1919)
Keeper of the Door (1919)
Dombey and Son (1919)
The Rocks of Valpre (1919)
God's Good Man (1919)
Mr. Wu (1919)
The Swindler (1919)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
Bleak House (1920)
The Amateur Gentleman (1920)
At the Villa Rose (1920)
The Hundredth Chance (1920)
A Question of Trust (1920)
The Tavern Knight (1920)
The Victory Leaders (1920)
Innocent (1921)
A Gentleman of France (1921)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
The Fruitful Vine (1921)
A Romance of Wastdale (1921)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921)
The Passionate Friends (1922)
Running Water (1922)
Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
A Debt of Honour (1922)
The Wandering Jew (1923)
The Sign of Four (1923)
Guy Fawkes (1923)
The Royal Oak (1923)
Sally Bishop (1923)
Don Quixote (1923)
Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
Slaves of Destiny (1924)
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
My Husband's Wives (1924)
Folly of Vanity (1924)
Curlytop (1924)
She Wolves (1925)
Every Man's Wife (1925)
The Woman Tempted (1926)
The Flag Lieutenant (1926)
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926)
Roses of Picardy (1927)
Tragedy of a Marriage (1927)
Hindle Wakes (1927)
The Flight Commander (1927)
Quinneys (1927)
The Glad Eye (1927)
Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
Balaclava (1928)
Palais de danse (1928)
You Know What Sailors Are (1928)
High Treason (1929)

Sound films

The School for Scandal (1930)
Potiphar's Wife (1931)
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
Frail Women (1932)
In a Monastery Garden (1932)
The Marriage Bond (1932)
The Water Gipsies (1932)
Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
The Lodger (1932)
The Lost Chord (1933)
I Lived with You (1933)
This Week of Grace (1933)
Soldiers of the King (1933)
Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
Road House (1934)
Lily of Killarney (1934)
The Clairvoyant (1935)
The Tunnel (1935)
Heat Wave (1935)
Spy of Napoleon (1936)
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
A Romance in Flanders (1937)
Who Killed John Savage? (1937)
Melody and Romance (1937)
Change for a Sovereign (1937)
Lightning Conductor (1938)
Who Goes Next? (1938)
The Return of the Frog (1938)
Sword of Honour (1939)
Sons of the Sea (1939)
Under Your Hat (1940)
The Spider (1940)
For Freedom (1940)
Room for Two (1940)
Salute John Citizen (1942)
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
Medal for the General (1944)
Strawberry Roan (1945)
Beware of Pity (1946)
The Third Visitor (1951)
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
My Wife's Lodger (1952)
The Great Game (1953)
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
House of Blackmail (1953)
The Harassed Hero (1954)
What Every Woman Wants (1954)
The Gay Dog (1954)
The Happiness of Three Women (1954)
You Lucky People! (1955)
Room in the House (1955)
Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
Dry Rot (1956)
Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
Second Fiddle (1957)

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