Alf's Button (1920)

Directed by

Cecil Hepworth

Genre

comedy film, fantasy film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British soldier finds a coat button that turns out to be magical. It brings a genie who fulfills his many wishes.

whimsicallightheartedcomedicfantasticalplayfulquirkyoptimistic

What happens

Alf's Button is a 1920 British silent fantasy comedy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor and Gerald Ames. It was based on the 1920 novel Alf's Button by William Darlington. The film is about a British soldier who discovers a magic coat button which summons a genie to grant his various wishes. It was remade as a sound film in 1930. It was shot at Walton Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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