Tell England (film)

Tell England is a 1931 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Fay Compton, Tony Bruce and Carl Harbord.^[1] It is based on the 1922 novel Tell England by Ernest Raymond which featured two young men joining the army, and taking part in the fighting at Gallipoli.^[2] Both directors had close memories of Gallipoli, as did Fay Compton's brother, Compton Mackenzie. Asquith's father H. H. Asquith had been Prime Minister at the time of the Gallipoli Landings, a fact which drew press attention to the film, while Barkas had fought at Suvla Bay in the Gallipoli campaign.

Tell England
Directed by	Anthony Asquith Geoffrey Barkas
Written by	Ernest Raymond (novel) A. P. Herbert Anthony Asquith
Produced by	H. Bruce Woolfe
Starring	Fay Compton Tony Bruce Carl Harbord Dennis Hoey
Cinematography	Jack Parker Stanley Rodwell James E. Rogers
Edited by	Mary Field
Music by	Hubert Bath
Production company	British Instructional Films
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	2 March 1931 (1931-03-02)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

In the United States it was released under the alternative title The Battle of Gallipoli.

Production

The film had originally been intended to be made as a silent film, but was delayed. It was made at Welwyn Studios using the German Klangfilm process. Much of the film was shot on location in Malta, standing in for Gallipoli.

Cast

• Fay Compton as Mrs. Doe
• Tony Bruce as Rupert Ray
• Carl Harbord as Edgar Doe
• Dennis Hoey as The Padre
• C. M. Hallard as The Colonel
• Gerald Rawlinson as Lt. Doon
• Frederick Lloyd as Capt. Hardy
• Sam Wilkinson as Private Booth
• Wally Patch as Sergeant
• Hubert Harben as Mr. Ray
• Ian Hamilton as himself^[3]