Alf's Button (novel)

Alf's Button is a 1920 British comic novel written by William Aubrey Darlington.^[1] A soldier in the British Army comes across a magic button which summons a genie to grant his wishes.^[2] It drew inspiration from Thomas Anstey Guthrie's 1900 novel The Brass Bottle.

Adaptations

In 1920 the book was adapted into a silent film Alf's Button which starred Leslie Henson and was directed by W.P. Kellino.^[3] The success of the film significantly boosted the book's sales.^[4] Darlington adapted his novel for a 1924 play of the same name.^[5] In 1930 a sound film adaptation Alf's Button was released, also directed by Kellino.^[3] A third film based on the story Alf's Button Afloat was released in 1938 directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen.^[6]

References

1. Tholas-Disset, C.; Ritzenhoff, K. (6 May 2015). Humor, Entertainment, and Popular Culture during World War I. Springer. ISBN 9781137436436 – via Google Books.
2. "Alf's Button". 29 October 2007.
3. "Movie search results for "alfs-button"". AllMovie.
4. Low, Rachael (1971). The history of the British film. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 111. ISBN 9780047910210.
5. "Production of Yes, Uncle! | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
6. "Alf's Button Afloat (1938)". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.

Bibliography

• Darlington, William Aubrey (2010). Alf's Button (1920). Kessinger. ISBN 978-1164323792.

External links

• Alf's Button at Project Gutenberg