Red Pearls Explained

Red Pearls is a 1930 British silent crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Lillian Rich, Frank Perfitt and Arthur Pusey. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton.^[1] It was based on the novel Nearer! Nearer! by J. Randolph James.^[2] The film was produced just as the change to sound films was taking place in Britain.

Premise

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

Cast

• Lillian Rich as Sylvia Radshaw
• Frank Perfitt as Gregory Marston
• Arthur Pusey as Paul Gordon
• Frank Stanmore as Martin Radshaw
• Kiyoshi Takase as Tamira
• Gabrielle Brune
• Harold Saxon-Snell

References

1. Wood p.67
2. Goble p.925

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.