Silent era idols john stuart and mabel poulton share a bill with hollywood star elissa landi in this early british crime thriller written by frank launder and miles malleson. Shot at elstree studios in the summer of 1930 as a bilingual production, only the english language version of children of chance remains. Though the quality of both sound and vision is variable in places, this is a brand new transfer from the longest existing film elements, in its as exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.a casual date at a high class hotel leads binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress lia de marita landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what binnie doesn't know is that lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill gotten necklace! Special feature image gallery running time 66 minutes region region 2 release date 16 05 2016