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Alf's Button is a 1920 British comic novel written by William Aubrey Darlington. [1] A soldier in the British Army comes across a magic button which summons a genie to grant his wishes. [2] It drew inspiration from Thomas Anstey Guthrie's 1900 novel The Brass Bottle.
- William Aubrey Darlington
- 1920
Feb 21, 2007 · The story begins with Aladdin burying his magical lamp in the ground before his death. Years later the lamp is dug up and brought to England as a Persian souvenir, but due to wartime shortages is handed over as salvage and made into a button for a sailor’s tunic.
The book "Alf's Button" was published during WWI & a film of it produced in 1920. The second button down on the front of Pte. Alf Higgins's tunic was made from brass from Aladin's melted down lamp & when polished the genie appeared.
Alf's Button: Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. With Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor, Gerald Ames, James Carew. A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.
- (18)
- Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Cecil M. Hepworth
- 1921-12-06
Alf's Button is a 1920 British comic novel written by William Aubrey Darlington. A soldier in the British Army comes across a magic button which summons a genie to grant his wishes. It drew inspiration from Thomas Anstey Guthrie 's 1900 novel The Brass Bottle. Adaptations.
Jun 18, 2019 · The story is set during World War I and follows the adventures of Private Alfred Higgins, a somewhat inept soldier who unexpectedly comes into possession of a magical button that grants him a djinn, whom he names Eustace.
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Alf's Button is a 1920 British silent fantasy comedy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor and Gerald Ames. It was based on the 1920 novel Alf's Button by William Darlington. The film is about a British soldier who discovers a magic coat button which summons a genie to grant his various wishes.
