Splinters

Dec 23, 1929

1h 24m

★ 0.0

The British Talkie Everybody Wants to Hear!

Overview

Splinters tells of the origins of the 1915 musical comedy revue of the same name, founded by British soldiers fighting on the Western Front in France.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

British & Dominions Film Corporation

The Gramophone Company

Splinters Trailers

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Cast

Sergeant

Hal Jones

Drag Artist

Reg Stone

Nelson Keys

Doleful Soldier

Sydney Howard

Nobbler

Lew Lake

Wilfred Temple

Himself, Band Leader

Carroll Gibbons

Sergeant Miller

Clifford Heatherley

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