Alf's Button Afloat (1938)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1938
Running Times: 89 minsFormat: black and white
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Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Gainsborough/Gaumont-British

SCRIPT
Script: Marriott Edgar, Val Guest
Adaptation: Ralph Smart
Play: W.A. Darlington

DIRECTION
Director: Marcel Varnel

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Crabtree

EDITING
Editor: R.E. Dearing
Cutting: Alfred Roome

MUSIC
Musical Director: Louis Levy

SOUND
Sound Recording: S. Wiles
Sound Recorded At: Islington, London

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Settings: Vetchinsky

CAST
Bud Flanagan (Alf Higgins)
Chesney Allen (Ches)
Jimmy Nervo (Cecil)
Teddy Knox (Teddy)
Charlie Naughton (Charlie)
Jimmy Gold (Jimmy)
Alastair Sim (the genie of the button)
Wally Patch (Sergeant Hawkins)
Peter Cawthorne (Captain Driscol)
Agnes Laughlin (Lady Driscol)
Glennis Lorimer (Frankie Driscol)
James Carney (Lt Harry)
Wilson Coleman (Sub-Cmdr Brown)
J.H. Roberts (Aladdin)
Bruce Winston (Mustapha)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: General Film Distributors Ltd

SEE ALSO
Alf's Button (1920)
Alf's Button (1930)
Alf's Carpet (1929)

MAGAZINES

Film Weekly vol.20 no.507 (2 July 1938) p.23 (UK)
review

Kinematograph Weekly no.1628 (30 June 1938) (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.5 no.54 (June 1938) p.154
credits, synopsis, review

Motion Picture Herald vol.132 no.4 (23 July 1938) p.42 (USA)
review

BOOKS

The A-Z of Science Fiction and Fantasy Films p.13
credits, review

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.18
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.8
credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

genies; military; magic