The Wrecker is a British play, written in 1924 by Arnold Ridley, who much later played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Major William Arnold Ridley, OBE ( 7 January 1896 &mdash 12 March 1984) was an English playwright and actor Dad’s Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War.
The play is about an old engine driver who thinks his engine is malevolent and self-aware (c. f. Christine). Christine is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1983 The finale is a huge train wreck using elaborate stage special-effects as per The Ghost Train, an earlier and more famous play by Ridley. This article is about the play For other uses see Ghost train (disambiguation The Ghost Train is a British play, written in
The play ran for 165 performances at St. Martin's Lane Theatre. St Martin's Theatre is a West End theatre, located in West Street near Charing Cross Road, in the London Borough of Camden.
Film versions
It was made into a 74 minute silent film in 1928 (released 1929). Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The film was produced by Michael Balcon for Gainsborough Pictures, directed by Hungarian Géza von Bolváry and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker and Benita Hume. Sir Michael Elias Balcon KBE ( 19 May 1896 &ndash 17 October 1977) was an English Film producer, known for his work Gainsborough Pictures was a Film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street Hoxton in the London Borough of Hackney Géza von Bolváry (full name Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarian Carlyle Blackwell ( January 20 1884 – June 17 1955) was an American Silent film Actor and a minor director Joseph Striker ( 23 December, 1898 &ndash 24 February, 1974) was a American actor Benita Hume ( 14 October, 1906 &ndash 1 November, 1967) was an English film actress born in London. A sound track was later added. The crash scene was filmed at Herriard on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. Herriard railway station was a railway station in the village of Herriard, Hampshire, UK. The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was a Railway in Hampshire, UK, opened on Saturday 1 June, 1901, with no formal ceremony
The film has never been released on either VHS or on DVD, suggesting that it might be a "lost film".
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