Widecombe Fair (film)

Widecombe Fair
Directed by	Norman Walker
Written by	Eden Phillpotts (novel) Eliot Stannard
Starring	William Freshman Marguerite Allan Wyndham Standing Violet Hopson Moore Marriott
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Emile de Ruelle
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	December 1928 (1928-12)
Running time	6,800 feet[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Widecombe Fair is a 1928 British silent comedy drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring William Freshman, Marguerite Allan, Moore Marriott and Judd Green.^[2] The screenplay concerns a farmer who is able to save his farm when he digs up buried treasure. The film's plot was adapted from a 1913 novel by Eden Phillpotts, loosely based on the popular folk song "Widecombe Fair".

Cast

• William Freshman as The Lover
• Marguerite Allan as The Daughter
• Wyndham Standing as The Squire
• Violet Hopson as The Widow
• Moore Marriott as Uncle Tom Cobleigh
• George Cooper as The Farmer
• Aubrey Fitzgerald as The Bailiff
• Eva Llewellyn as The Wife
• Judd Green as The Landlord

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
• Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. BFI, 1986.

References

1. Low p. 479
2. "Widecombe Fair (1928)". Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

External links

• Widecombe Fair at IMDb
• Widecombe Fair on the BFI Player (UK only)