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.
In 1920 the book was adapted into a silent film Alf's Button which starred Leslie Henson and was directed by W.P.
[3] A third film based on the story Alf's Button Afloat was released in 1938 directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen.