"The British Talkie Everybody Wants to Hear!" 23 December 1929 Comedy, Music 84 mins
Splinters tells of the origins of the 1915 musical comedy revue of the same name, founded by British soldiers fighting on the Western Front in France.
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Hal Jones as Sergeant
Reg Stone as Drag Artist
Sydney Howard as Doleful Soldier
Lew Lake as Nobbler
Carroll Gibbons as Himself, Band Leader
Clifford Heatherley as Sergeant Miller
Herbert Wilcox Producer
Jack Raymond Director
W.P. Lipscomb Writer
Carroll Gibbons Music
David Kesson Director of Photography
United Kingdom 23 December 1929
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1929 British & Dominions Film Corporation, The Gramophone Company.
