 HIs first film for them, via Herbert Wilcox Productions, was "Mumsie" (1927), starring Pauline Frederick and, in his debut, Herbert Marshall.Wilcox wanted to make another film with Frederick and suggested Noël Coward's "The Vortex" but Frederick disliked the role.Wilcox instead decided to do a version of the Edith Cavell story, "Dawn" (1928).