One of the Best (film)

One of the Best
One of the Best
Directed by	T. Hayes Hunter
Written by	George Edwardes-Hall (play) ; Seymour Hicks (play) ; Patrick L. Mannock
Produced by	Michael Balcon ; Carlyle Blackwell
Starring	Carlyle Blackwell; Eve Gray; Walter Byron ; Randle Ayrton
Cinematography	James Wilson
Production; company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	November 1927;
Running time	8,000
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

One of the Best is a 1927 British silent historical drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Walter Byron and Eve Gray.^[2] It was based on a play by Seymour Hicks. Film historian Rachael Low described it as an "unsophisticated costume drama".^[3] The 'drumming out' scene of Lieutenant Keppel was filmed at Hounslow Barracks using the officers and men of the Royal Fusiliers wearing 1820s uniforms.

Cast

^ Low p.422
^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | ONE OF THE BEST (1927)". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
^ Low p.169

Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.

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