| Director | Harry Lachman |
|---|---|
| Producer | John Maxwell |
| Writer | George Arthurs Harry Lachman (adaptation) Miles Malleson (dialogue) George Arthurs (dialogue) Walter C. Mycroft (adaptation) |
| Screenplay | Val Valentine |
| Based on | play by Edgar Wallace |
| Starring | Lupino Lane Dorothy Seacombe Warwick Ward Wilfred Temple |
| Music | John Reynders |
| Cinematography | Walter Blakeley Claude Friese-Greene |
| Editing | Edward B. Jarvis |
| Studio | British International Pictures |
| Distributor | Wardour Films (UK) |
| Released | 30 July 1930 |
| Runtime | 76 minutes |
| Budget | $100,000[1] |
| Gross | $300,000[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Yellow Mask is a 1930 British musical crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Lupino Lane, Dorothy Seacombe and Warwick Ward.[2] A criminal plans to rob the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. It was based on the 1927 Edgar Wallace novel The Traitor's Gate.,[3] adapted into the play The Yellow Mask, which premiered in London in 1928.[4]
Cast
- Lupino Lane as Sam Slipper
- Dorothy Seacombe as Mary Trayne
- Warwick Ward as Li San
- Haddon Mason as Ralph Carn
- Wilfred Temple as John Carn
- Frank Cochrane as Ah-Song
- Wallace Lupino as Steward
- Bill Shine (actor) as Sunshine
- Winnie Collins as Molly
Reception
Daily Telegraph wrote, "provides an hour's ideal entertainment"; and the Sunday Pictorial called it, "packed with every known ingredient of popularity."[5] The New York Times wrote, "in a prologue to the film it is set forth that Mr. Wallace has attempted a daring and original combination of melodrama and musical comedy in a manner to end all musical melodramas forever. In all likelihood these designations were put upon The Yellow Mask after it had emerged from the studio, in a hasty effort to give this hodge-podge a meaning."[6]
References
- ^ "English Making Money". Variety. 17 September 1930. p. 57.
- ^ "The Yellow Mask". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Yellow Mask, The (1930) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Phyllis Dare in Edgar Wallace's the Yellow Mask, London, 1928". 6 October 2014.
- ^ "THE YELLOW MASK 1930 Lupino Lane, Dorothy Seacombe, Warwick Ward herald". eBay. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Movie Review - EDGAR WALLACE FILM GIVEN; "The Yellow Mask," at Cohan, Is New British Importation". The New York Times. 8 December 1930. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
External links
- The Yellow Mask at IMDb