The Arcadians (film)

The Arcadians
Directed by	Victor Saville
Produced by	Maurice Elvey Gareth Gundrey Victor Saville
Written by	Mark Ambient (play) Alex Thompson (play) Victor Saville
Starring	Ben Blue Jeanne De Casalis Vesta Sylva John Longden
Production company	Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release dates	November 1927
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Arcadians is a 1927 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Ben Blue, Jeanne De Casalis and Vesta Sylva. It is a silent adaptation of the musical The Arcadians. It is on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of missing films, but the British Film Institute has reported that an "incomplete and deteriorating nitrate print ... was apparently viewed prior to July 2008". It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush.

Cast

• Ben Blue as Simplicitas Smith
• Jeanne De Casalis as Mrs. Smith
• Vesta Sylva as Eileen Cavanaugh
• John Longden as Jack Meadows
• Gibb McLaughlin as Peter Doody
• Humberston Wright as Sir George Paddock
• Cyril McLaglen as The Crook
• Doris Bransgrove as Sombra
• Nancy Rigg as Chrysea
• Phyllis Calvert as Young girl

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
• The Arcadians at IMDb