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The Better 'Ole is a 1926 American synchronized sound World War I comedy drama film. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., this film is the second full-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process, two months after the first Vitaphone feature Don Juan; with no audible dialogue, the film does have a synchronized ...
The Better 'Ole - Un film di Charles Reisner. Con Syd Chaplin, Doris Hill, Edgar Kennedy, Tom Kennedy. Muto, USA, 1926. Durata 95 min.
- Charles Reisner
The Better 'Ole: Directed by Charles Reisner. With Syd Chaplin, Harold Goodwin, Jack Ackroyd, Edgar Kennedy. The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
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- Comedy, War, Drama
- Charles Reisner
- 1926-10-23
The Better 'Ole, also called The Romance of Old Bill, is an Edwardian musical comedy with a book by Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Elliot, music by Herman Darewski, and lyrics by Percival Knight and James Heard, based on the cartoon character Old Bill, an infantryman, drawn by Bairnsfather.
- Percival Knight, James Heard
- Bruce Bairnsfather, Arthur Elliot
The Better 'Ole. Jump to Edit. Summaries. The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War. Synopsis. Private William 'Old Bill' Busby (Syd Chaplin), was a 30 year pipe smoking veteran of Her Majesty's Service with a walrus mustache.
The Better 'Ole (1926), an early experiment with Warner Bros.' sound-on-disc Vitaphone system, was one of Syd Chaplin's most successful vehicles. This World War I farce is based on a British stage play that in turn was inspired by a series of cartoon sketches created by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather as he served at the front.
1926 Directed by Charles Reisner. The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
