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Quinneys is a British film of genre Drama directed by Maurice Elvey with John Longden
Quinneys (1927)
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Add to a movie listQuinneys is a 1927 British romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring John Longden, Alma Taylor and Henry Vibart. It is an adaptation of the play Quinneys by Horace Annesley Vachell. David Lean worked on the film as a camera assistant. A British furniture salesman buys some chairs from an American dealer, only to discover that they are fakes. It was made by Gaumont British at their Lime Grove Studios.
Actors
John Longden
(Joseph Quinney)
Alma Taylor
(Susan Quinney)
Henry Vibart
(Lord Melchester)
Ursula Jeans
(Mabel Dredge)
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