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3 unusual facts about Estelle Brody


Estelle Brody

Extensive location filming took place in Manchester and Blackpool, giving the film a documentary realism feel very unusual in British silent cinema, which is now regarded as a valuable socio-historical portrait of 1920s Lancashire.

This was the second silent version of the famous, and controversial in its time, stage play by Stanley Houghton, and received an appropriate budget for a prestige production.

In 1929, Brody had just finished work on the silent film Kitty, when director Victor Saville decided to reshoot the second half of the film with sound.


Mademoiselle from Armentières

Mademoiselle from Armentières was also the name of a 1926 British film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody.


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