Red Pearls

Red Pearls is a 1930 British silent crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Lillian Rich, Frank Perfitt and Arthur Pusey. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton.^[2] It was based on the novel Nearer! Nearer! by J. Randolph James.^[3] The film was produced just as the change to sound films was taking place in Britain.

Red Pearls
Directed by	Walter Forde
Written by	J. Randolph James (novel) Harry Fowler Mear Sidney Gilliat
Produced by	Archibald Nettlefold
Starring	Lillian Rich Frank Perfitt Arthur Pusey Frank Stanmore
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by	Culley Forde
Music by	Paul Mulder
Production company	Nettlefold Films
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service
Release date	February 1930 (1930-02)[1]
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Premise

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

Cast

• Lillian Rich as Sylvia Radshaw
• Frank Perfitt as Gregory Marston
• Arthur Pusey as Paul Gordon
• Frank Stanmore as Martin Radshaw
• Kiyoshi Takase as Tamira
• Gabrielle Brune
• Harold Saxon-Snell