Dec 17, 2021
Old films watched (1930s): Birds of Prey (1930; US The Perfect Alibi); dir. & screenplay Basil Dean (from the play The Fourth Wall by A. A. Milne); starring Robert Loraine, Dorothy Boyd, C. Aubrey Smith, Frank Lawton, Warwick Ward, Nigel Bruce, Jack Hawkins & Audrey Carten.
“Shall we tell him? // “There’s so much to tell him.” // “So silly, taking a loaded revolver and a sponge to the bathroom. Still, if you leave your revolver behind under your pillow - well, I mean...”
#birds of prey#gif#tbs old films watched#robert loraine#dorothy boyd#frank lawten#ealing rarities#c aubrey smith#audrey carten#a a milne#basil dean#1930s#quotes#crime#british cinema#theatre#book adaptations#essex#detectives#c aubrey smith's career as an actor was his second one - he had been prev (& more famously) an England test cricketer in late 19th C before#becoming an actor in the 1890s#(random sidenote#)