Flood Tide (1934 film)

Flood Tide is a 1934 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring George Carney, Janice Adair and Minnie Rayner. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.

Flood Tide
Directed by	John Baxter
Written by	Anson Dyer Harry Fowler Mear
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Starring	George Carney Janice Adair Minnie Rayner
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Lister Laurance
Music by	William Trytel
Production company	Real Art Productions
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	27 November 1934 (1934-11-27)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The sets were designed by James A. Carter, the regular Twickenham art director. Many scenes of the film were shot on location along the River Thames.

Synopsis

A retiring lockkeeper and his wife are concerned that their son Ted Salter, who is serving in the Royal Navy should settle down and start a family. They hope that this will be with his childhood sweetheart Betty the daughter of their old friend Captain Bill Buckett who operates a boat on the River Thames. However Ted has taken up with a flirtatious barmaid, at one point even risking arrest as a deserter because of her before reconciling with Betty. The film ends with Bill Buckett triumphing in an annual regatta.

Cast

• George Carney as Captain Bill Buckett
• Janice Adair as Betty Buckett
• Minnie Rayner as Sarah Salter
• Wilson Coleman as Ben Salter
• Leslie Hatton as Ted Salter
• Peggy Novak as Mabel Pringle
• Mark Daly as Scotty
• Edgar Driver as Titch
• Wilfred Benson as Addock
• William Fazan as Sir Thomas Maitland
• Bertram Dench as Charles Tupper

See Also

The Bargee, for a film with further canal, inland-waterway, footage.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Flood Tide at IMDb