Sydney Chaplin
Pvt. William 'Old Bill' Busby
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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 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 musical score ...
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.
Bill is forced to join a German attack against the British, and though he saves his own regiment, he is shot as a German spy. An old friend, however, has substituted blank cartridges for the real ones, and Bill is pardoned when Joan and his friend Bert arrive with the incriminating photograph.
- Charles Reisner, Sandy Roth
- Sydney Chaplin
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.
Jan 4, 2024 · Genre: Comedy Directed by: Charles Reisner Written by: Charles Reisner, Darryl F. Zanuck, Robert Hopkins Based on: The Better 'Ole, or, The Romance of Old Bill, by Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur...
- 95 min
- 320
- Freedom for Cinema
The Better 'Ole (1926) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
