Old Bill Through the Ages
1924 film
- Syd Walker
- Arthur Cleave
- Jack Denton
- Gladys Ffolliott
Production
company
company
Ideal Film Company
Release date
- 1924 (1924)
Old Bill Through the Ages is a 1924 British silent comedy fantasy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Syd Walker, Arthur Cleave and Jack Denton.[1] The film was based on a series of cartoons by Bruce Bairnsfather. The screenplay concerns a soldier serving in the trenches during the First World War who falls asleep and travels through time, encountering a number of historical figures.
Cast
- Syd Walker - Old Bill
- Arthur Cleave - Bert
- Jack Denton - Alf
- Gladys Ffolliott - Queen Elizabeth I
- Austin Leigh - William Shakespeare
- Franzi Carlos - Ann Hathaway
- William Pardue - The Redskin
- Bruce Bairnsfather - Himself
- Wallace Bosco
- Douglas Payne
- Cecil Morton York
- Clive Currie
- Cyril Dane
References
- ^ BFI.org
External links
- Old Bill Through the Ages at IMDb
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Films directed by Thomas Bentley
- Oliver Twist (1912)
- David Copperfield (1913)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1914)
- The Chimes (1914)
- Hard Times (1915)
- Barnaby Rudge (1915)
- Milestones (1916)
- Beau Brocade (1916)
- The Labour Leader (1917)
- Daddy (1917)
- Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
- The Divine Gift (1918)
- Once Upon a Time (1918)
- The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
- General Post (1920)
- Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
- The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
- A Master of Craft (1922)
- Through Fire and Water (1923)
- Wanted, a Boy (1924)
- Old Bill Through the Ages (1924)
- Love and Hate (1924)
- Chappy—That's All (1924)
- Money Isn't Everything (1925)
- A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
- White Heat (1926)
- The Silver Lining (1927)
- Not Quite a Lady (1928)
- Young Woodley (1928)
- The American Prisoner (1929)
- Harmony Heaven (1930)
- Young Woodley (1930)
- Compromising Daphne (1931)
- Hobson's Choice (1931)
- Keepers of Youth (1932)
- After Office Hours (1932)
- Sleepless Nights (1933)
- Hawley's of High Street (1933)
- The Love Nest (1933)
- The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
- Those Were the Days (1934)
- The Great Defender (1934)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
- The Angelus (1937)
- Silver Blaze (1937)
- The Last Chance (1937)
- Night Alone (1938)
- Marigold (1938)
- Me and My Pal (1939)
- Lucky to Me (1939)
- Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
- The Middle Watch (1940)
- Three Silent Men (1940)
- Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
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