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1925 film For the grave marked as "Somebody's Darling", see Millers Flat.

Somebody's Darling is a 1925 British silent comedy film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Betty Balfour, Rex O'Malley and Fred Raynham.

The screenplay concerns a young woman who believes herself to be an orphan and rediscovers her family when she is left a large inheritance, only for a sinister uncle to try to cheat her out of money. The film marked an attempt by Balfour to avoid being typecast in her popular role as the Cockney Squibs by playing an upper-class heiress. She defended her move by declaring "I don't have to wear any shabby or sombre dresses for this part. I go out and spend lots of money on beautiful Paquin gowns and frocks and wraps".

Cast

Betty Balfour - Joan Meredith
Rex O'Malley - Jack Esmonds
Fred Raynham - J.W. Jordan
J. Fisher White - Grandfather
Minna Grey - Miss Jordan
Clarence Blakiston - Sir John Esmonds
A. Bromley Davenport - Sleeper
Clifton Boyne - Publisher
Jack Harris - Potman

References

BFI.org
Macnab p.56

Bibliography

Macnab, Geoffrey. Searching for Stars: Stardon and Screen Acting in British Cinema. Cassell, 2000.

External links

Somebody's Darling at IMDb

v t e The films of George A. Cooper
The Shadow of Evil (1921) His Wife's Husband (1922) Geraldine's First Year (1922) Three to One Against (1923) The Reverse of the Medal (1923) Finished (1923) Constant Hot Water (1923) Darkness (1923) Claude Duval (1924) The Eleventh Commandment (1924) The Happy Ending (1925) Settled Out of Court (1925) Somebody's Darling (1925) If Youth But Knew (1926) Master and Man (1929) The World, the Flesh, the Devil (1932) The Roof (1933) The Man Outside (1933) Home, Sweet Home (1933) The Shadow (1933) Mannequin (1933) Puppets of Fate (1933) The Black Abbot (1934) Tangled Evidence (1934) The Case for the Crown (1934) Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935) Anything Might Happen (1935) Royal Eagle (1936) Down Our Alley (1939)

The films of George A. Cooper

The Shadow of Evil (1921)
His Wife's Husband (1922)
Geraldine's First Year (1922)
Three to One Against (1923)
The Reverse of the Medal (1923)
Finished (1923)
Constant Hot Water (1923)
Darkness (1923)
Claude Duval (1924)
The Eleventh Commandment (1924)
The Happy Ending (1925)
Settled Out of Court (1925)
Somebody's Darling (1925)
If Youth But Knew (1926)
Master and Man (1929)
The World, the Flesh, the Devil (1932)
The Roof (1933)
The Man Outside (1933)
Home, Sweet Home (1933)
The Shadow (1933)
Mannequin (1933)
Puppets of Fate (1933)
The Black Abbot (1934)
Tangled Evidence (1934)
The Case for the Crown (1934)
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935)
Anything Might Happen (1935)
Royal Eagle (1936)
Down Our Alley (1939)

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