British films of the 1920s - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

List of British films from the 1920s: The decade saw both the introduction of Sound film

Sound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...

s and the passing of the Cinematograph Films Act 1927

Cinematograph Films Act 1927

The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry.-Description:...

designed to support British filmmaking.

1920

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1920 1920 in film The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
Alf's Button	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Leslie Henson Leslie Henson Leslie Lincoln Henson was an English comedian, actor, producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career... , Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor...	Adventure
All the Winners	Geoffrey H. Malins	Owen Nares Owen Nares Owen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star... , Maudie Dunham Maudie Dunham -Cast:* The Winning Goal * The Ugly Duckling * Love in the Wilderness * A Temporary Gentleman * All the Winners * The Magistrate * Mr. Pim Passes by * Sinister Street...	Crime
Aylwin Aylwin Aylwin is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Henry Edwards, Chrissie White and Gerald Ames.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Hal Aylwin* Chrissie White - Winifred Wynne* Gerald Ames - Wilderspin* Mary Dibley - Sinfi Lovell...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Drama
The Amateur Gentleman The Amateur Gentleman (1920 film) The Amateur Gentleman is a 1920 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Langhorn Burton, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys. The film is adapted from the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffrey Farnol...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Langhorn Burton Langhorn Burton -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:... , Cecil Humphreys Cecil Humphreys -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck...	Drama
The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by and starring Henry Edwards. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Comedy
Anna the Adventuress Anna the Adventuress Anna the Adventuress is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Jean Cadell and James Carew. It was based on a novel by Phillips Oppenheim...	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , Jean Cadell Jean Cadell Jean Cadell was a Scottish character actress.Born in Edinburgh, she performed in the cinema and on the stage. One of her best known cinema roles was in the Ealing Studios comedy Whisky Galore! . She once performed opposite W.C. Fields in Hollywood, cast as Mrs...	Crime
At the Villa Rose At the Villa Rose (1920 film) At the Villa Rose is a 1920 British silent detective film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Manora Thew and Langhorn Burton. It is based on the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose by AEW Mason. Two other film adaptations, both in sound, were made in 1930 and 1940....	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Manora Thew Manora Thew -Selected filmography:* Arsene Lupin * His Daughter's Dilemma * Not Negotiable * The Splendid Folly * The Toilers * At the Villa Rose * A Romance of Old Baghdad... , Langhorn Burton Langhorn Burton -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:...	Crime
Beyond the Dreams of Avarice Beyond the Dreams of Avarice Beyond the Dreams of Avarice is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Henry Victor, Joyce Dearsley and Alban Atwood. It was based on the novel by Walter Besant.-Cast:* Henry Victor ... Dr. Lucien Calvert...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films... , Frank Stanmore	Drama
The Black Sheep	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Marguerite Blanche, George Keene	Romance
The Black Spider	William Humphrey William J. Humphrey William Jonathan Humphrey was an American actor and film director.Born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, William Humphrey was a well-known member of the early stock company of Vitagraph Studios...	Mary Clare Mary Clare Mary Clare was a British actress who performed in films, on the stage, and later on television.-Biography:... , Lydia Kyasht	Crime
Bleak House	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Constance Collier Constance Collier Constance Collier was an English film actress and acting coach.-Life and career:Born Laura Constance Hardie, in Windsor, Berkshire, Collier made her stage debut at the age of 3, when she played Fairy Peasblossom in A Midsummer's Night Dream... , Berta Gellardi	Drama
Brenda of the Barge Brenda of the Barge Brenda of the Barge is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Marjorie Villis, James Knight and Bernard Dudley.-Cast:* Marjorie Villis as Brenda* James Knight as Jim Walden* Bernard Dudley as Harry...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Marjorie Villis, James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...	Romance
Broken Bottles Broken Bottles Broken Bottles is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Leslie Henson and starring Henson, Nora Howard and Stanley Brightman. It is a parody of the film Broken Blossom by D.W. Griffith.-Cast:* Leslie Henson - Bottling Barrows...	Leslie Henson Leslie Henson Leslie Lincoln Henson was an English comedian, actor, producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career...	Leslie Henson Leslie Henson Leslie Lincoln Henson was an English comedian, actor, producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career... , Nora Howard	Comedy
By Berwin Banks By Berwin Banks By Berwin Banks is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Langhorn Burton, Eileen Magrath and J. Denton-Thompson.-Cast:* Langhorn Burton - Cardo Wynne* Eileen Magrath - Valmai Powell* J. Denton-Thompson - Owen Davies...	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Langhorn Burton Langhorn Burton -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:... , Eileen Magrath Eileen Magrath -Selected filmography:* The Town of Crooked Ways * By Berwin Banks * His Other Wife * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Finished...	Romance
The Case of Lady Camber The Case of Lady Camber The Case of Lady Camber is a 1920 British silent mystery film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome and Gregory Scott. Lord Camber comes under suspicion of murdering his wife, an ex-chorus girl. It was adaptated from a play by Horace Annesley Vachell.-Cast:* Violet Hopson...	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Mystery
The Channings The Channings (film) The Channings is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Lionelle Howard, Dick Webb and Dorothy Moody. It was based on the 1862 novel The Channings by Ellen Wood.-Cast:* Lionelle Howard ... Arthur Channing...	Edwin J. Collins Edwin J. Collins -Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...	Lionelle Howard Lionelle Howard -Selected filmography:* Barnaby Rudge * Trelawny of the Wells * Annie Laurie * The Failure * The Forest on the Hill * The Wonderful Year... , Dick Webb Dick Webb -Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar...	Crime
The Children of Gibeon	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Joan Morgan Joan Morgan Joan Morgan was a British actress. She was the daughter of Evelyn Morgan and Sidney Morgan.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Fires of Innocence * Dicky Monteith... , Langhorn Burton Langhorn Burton -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:...	Drama
Desire	George Edwardes-Hall	Dennis Neilson-Terry Dennis Neilson-Terry Dennis Neilson-Terry was a British actor who starred in a number of films between 1917 and 1932. He was born in London on 21 October 1895 to actress Julia Neilson and her husband, actor Fred Terry; his older sister was actress Phyllis Neilson-Terry. He played Inspector Hanaud in The House of the... , Yvonne Arnaud Yvonne Arnaud Yvonne Arnaud was a French-born pianist, singer and actress.Germaine Yvonne Arnaud was born in 1892. She entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 9, studying piano under Alphonse Duvernoy and other teachers...	Fantasy/Horror
Duke's Son	Franklin Dyall Franklin Dyall Franklin Dyall was an English actor.He appeared in 26 films between 1916 and 1948...	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Drama
The Face at the Window The Face at the Window (1920 film) The Face at the Window is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Jennings and Jack Hobbs. It is based on a play by Brooke Warren. A British criminologist helps the French police to solve a murder in Paris.-Cast:* C...	Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. He directed 89 films between 1910 and 1936...	C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Jennings Gladys Jennings -Selected filmography:* The Lady Clare * The Face at the Window * The Shuttle of Life * Lamp in the Desert * Henry, King of Navarre * The Happy Ending -External links:...	Crime
Garryowen Garryowen (film) Garryowen is a 1920 British silent sports film directed by George Pearson and starring Fred Groves, Hugh E. Wright and Moyna MacGill. It was based on a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. An impoverished Irish gentleman tries to rescue his family from ruin by running his horse Garryowen at the Epsom...	George Pearson	Fred Groves Fred Groves Frederick Groves was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966.... , Hugh E. Wright Hugh E. Wright Hugh E. Wright was a French-born, British actor and screenwriter.- Actor :* 1066: And All That * The Knight of the Burning Pestle Royal Eagle Scrooge...	Sports
General Post General Post General Post is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Douglas Munro, Lilian Braithwaite and Joyce Dearsley. It was based on a play by J.E. Harold Terry. During the First World War a small-town tailor rises to become a General.-Cast:* Douglas Munro ... Albert...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Douglas Munro Douglas Munro (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * General Post * London Pride * The Lure of Crooning Water * A Temporary Vagabond * The Mirage * The Sport of Kings... , Lilian Braithwaite Lilian Braithwaite Dame Lilian Braithwaite DBE , born Florence Lilian Braithwaite, was an English actress.She was the daughter of a clergyman, and born in Ramsgate, Kent. She was educated at Croydon High School, and married actor-manager Gerald Lawrence, first acting with amateur companies...	Drama
The Great Gay Road The Great Gay Road (1920 film) The Great Gay Road is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Norman MacDonald and starring Stewart Rome, Pauline Johnson and John Stuart...	Normand McDonald	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...	Romance
Helen of Four Gates Helen of Four Gates Helen of Four Gates is a British silent film melodrama, directed by cinema pioneer Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor , James Carew and Gerald Ames.-Production background:...	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , James Carew James Carew James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...	Drama	Long believed lost, rediscovered in Canada in 2008
Her Son	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Drama
Hobson's Choice Hobson's Choice (1920 film) Hobson's Choice is a 1920 British comedy drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Joe Nightingale, Joan Ritz and Arthur Pitt. A Salford bootmaker is irritated to learn his daughter is to marry one of his cobblers, and his outrage grows when they set up a successful shop which challenges his...	Percy Nash Percy Nash -Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * Disraeli * Darby and Joan * The Flag Lieutenant * Hobson's Choice * Won by a Head * How Kitchener Was Betrayed * The Croxley Master...	Joe Nightingale, Joan Ritz Joan Ritz -Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * The Coal King * The Little Minister * The Romany Rye * Darby and Joan * Rodney Stone * The Croxley Master...	Comedy/Drama
The Hour of Trial	A.E. Coleby A.E. Coleby A.E. Coleby was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* Kent, the Fighting Man * Thelma * Long Odds * The Mystery of Dr...	Cecil Humphreys Cecil Humphreys -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck... , Janet Alexander Janet Alexander -Selected filmography:* Queen's Evidence * God's Clay * The Hour of Trial * Henrietta Maria; or, The Queen of Sorrow * Empress Josephine; Or, Wife of a Demigod * Not Quite a Lady * High Seas... , Maud Yates Maud Yates -Selected filmography:* Jane Shore * What Every Woman Knows * Thelma * The Romance of Lady Hamilton * God's Clay * The Green Terror * Castles in Spain -External links:...	Crime
The Hundredth Chance The Hundredth Chance The Hundredth Chance is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, Mary Glynne and Eille Norwood. It was based on the 1917 novel The Hundredeth Chance by Ethel M. Dell.-Cast:...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Dennis Neilson-Terry Dennis Neilson-Terry Dennis Neilson-Terry was a British actor who starred in a number of films between 1917 and 1932. He was born in London on 21 October 1895 to actress Julia Neilson and her husband, actor Fred Terry; his older sister was actress Phyllis Neilson-Terry. He played Inspector Hanaud in The House of the... , Mary Glynne Mary Glynne Mary Glynne was a British film actress. She appeared in 24 films between 1919 and 1939. She was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan South Wales and died in London....	Drama
John Forrest Finds Himself John Forrest Finds Himself John Forrest Finds Himself is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Gerald Ames.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - John Forrest* Chrissie White - Joan Grey* Gerald Ames - Ezra Blott...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Romance
Kissing Cup's Race	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Gregory Scott Gregory Scott -Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * Lawyer Quince * The Answer * The Ware Case * Not Negotiable * A Great Coup * Trent's Last Case... , Clive Brook	Sport
Laddie	Bannister Merwin Bannister Merwin Bannister Merwin , was an American film director. He directed 141 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Lichfield, Connecticut, USA and died in London, England, United Kingdom.-External links:...	Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London, UK, she was educated at Blackpool, UK and Bonn in Germany. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them... , C. Jervis Walter	Drama
Lady Noggs: Peeress	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Joan Morgan Joan Morgan Joan Morgan was a British actress. She was the daughter of Evelyn Morgan and Sidney Morgan.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Fires of Innocence * Dicky Monteith... , George Bellamy	Drama
Lady Tetley's Decree Lady Tetley's Decree Lady Tetley's Decree is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Marjorie Hume, Hamilton Stewart and Philip Hewland. A man's political career is theatened due to a dispute with his wife...	Fred Paul Fred Paul Fred Paul was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and directors in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.-Selected filmography:Director* The...	Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree... , Hamilton Stuart	Drama
The Land of Mystery	Harold M. Shaw Harold M. Shaw -Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela... , Basil Thompson Basil Thompson Basil Thompson was an acclaimed ballet dancer, master, and teacher.He was trained by the Sadler's Wells Ballet School, now the Royal Ballet in London, and began his career with the Covent Garden Opera Ballet...	Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been... , Norman Tharp	Drama
H.B. Parkinson, Challis Sanderson Challis Sanderson -Selected filmography:Director* The Law Divine * Three Men in a Boat * The Scallywag * The Merchant of Venice * Cock o' the North * Stars on Parade...	Eva Moore Eva Moore Eva Moore was an English actress. Her career on stage and in film spanned six decades, and she was active in the women's suffrage movement.-Early life and career:... , Evelyn Bent	Crime
Little Dorrit	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Lady Tree, Langhorn Burton Langhorn Burton -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:...	Drama
London Pride London Pride (film) London Pride is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Edna Flugrath, Fred Groves and O.B. Clarence. It was based on a play by Arthur Lyons and Gladys Unger.-Cast:* Edna Flugrath - Cherry* Fred Groves - Cuthbert Tunks...	Harold M. Shaw Harold M. Shaw -Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...	Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been... , Fred Groves Fred Groves Frederick Groves was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966....	Comedy
Lorna Doone	Horace Lisle Lucoque	Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa.... , Bertie Gordon	Romance/Drama
The Lure of Crooning Water The Lure of Crooning Water The Lure of Crooning Water is a 1920 British silent comedy romance film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Guy Newall, Ivy Duke and Hugh Buckler. It is adapted from a novel by Marion Hill. It was one of several rural romances that Rooke directed...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Romance
A Man's Shadow	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Langhorn Burton Langhorn Burton -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:... , Violet Graham	Crime
The Manchester Man The Manchester Man (film) The Manchester Man is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Hayford Hobbs, Aileen Bagot and Joan Hestor. It was an adaptation of the 1876 novel The Manchester Man by Isabella Banks...	Bert Wynne Bert Wynne -Selected filmography:Director* The Manchester Man * The Call of the East Actor* The Game of Liberty * When Knights Were Bold * The Manxman * Tom Jones -External links:...	Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in 1892. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film The Third Generation and appeared in his last film High Treason in 1929. The following year he directed his first film, a... , Aileen Bagot	Drama
The Mirage The Mirage (film) The Mirage is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Edward O'Neill, Dorothy Holmes-Gore and Douglas Munro. The screenplay was written by Guy Newall and Ivy Duke based on a story by E. Temple Thurston. A poor French aristocrat living in Bloomsbury falls in love...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Edward O'Neill Edward O'Neill (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Manxman * A Fortune at Stake * Darby and Joan * The Mirage * The Barton Mystery * General John Regan * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote... , Dorothy Holmes-Gore	Romance
Mrs. Erricker's Reputation	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , Gerald Ames Gerald Ames Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905...	Drama
Nothing Else Matters Nothing Else Matters (film) Nothing Else Matters is a 1920 British film, written by Hugh E. Wright, and directed by George Pearson. This was the screen debut of Mabel Poulton and Betty Balfour who went on to become leading British stars of the 1920s.-Cast:*Hugh E. Wright...	George Pearson	Hugh E. Wright Hugh E. Wright Hugh E. Wright was a French-born, British actor and screenwriter.- Actor :* 1066: And All That * The Knight of the Burning Pestle Royal Eagle Scrooge... , Moyna MacGill Moyna MacGill Moyna Macgill was an Irish stage and film actress and the mother of actress Angela Lansbury and producers Edgar Lansbury and Bruce Lansbury.-Life and career:...	Comedy
Oranges Lemons	Maurits Binger Maurits Binger Maurits Binger was a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional films in the Netherlands... , B.E. Doxat-Pratt	Reginald Barton, Constance Worth Constance Worth Constance Worth was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s.-Early life and career:...	Drama	Alternative title Alternative title An alternative title is a film distribution device. Films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small alteration to the title, such as the addition of The, to wholesale changes... is *Fate's Plaything*
Pillars of Society Pillars of Society (film) Pillars of Society is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Ellen Terry, Norman McKinnel and Mary Rorke. It was based on the 1877 play The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen. Location shooting was done in Norway.-Cast:...	Rex Wilson Rex Wilson (director) -Selected filmography:* Tom Brown's Schooldays * The Life of Lord Kitchener * Quinneys * Unmarried * Tilly of Bloomsbury * St. Elmo...	Ellen Terry Ellen Terry Dame Ellen Terry, GBE was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain. Among the members of her famous family is her great nephew, John Gielgud.... , Norman McKinnel Norman McKinnel Norman McKinnel was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death...	Drama
The Pursuit of Pamela The Pursuit of Pamela The Pursuit of Pamela is a 1920 British silent comedy drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Edna Flugrath, Templar Powell and Douglas Munro. Following her wedding a bride runs away from her much older husband and goes after a younger man who gone to the far east. It was based on a play...	Harold M. Shaw Harold M. Shaw -Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...	Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been... , Douglas Munro Douglas Munro (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * General Post * London Pride * The Lure of Crooning Water * A Temporary Vagabond * The Mirage * The Sport of Kings...	Drama
The Romance of a Movie Star	Richard Garrick Richard Garrick Richard Garrick was a director and actor. He was born Richard Thomas O'Brien in the townland of Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland. His father, James E. O'Brien, was a master tailor in that town, counting among his clients Lord Waterford as well as other nobility and landed gentry. In 1882, James...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Romance
A Question of Trust A Question of Trust A Question of Trust is a 1920 British silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Madge Stuart, Harvey Braban and Teddy Arundell. It was based on a novel by Ethel M. Dell...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends... , Harvey Braban	Adventure
The Scarlet Wooing	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Eve Balfour, George Keene	Drama
The Sword of Damocles	George Ridgwell George Ridgwell George Ridgwell was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His...	Jose Collins Jose Collins Jose Collins was an English actress and singer celebrated for her performances in musical comedies and early motion pictures.-Life and career:... , H.V. Esmond	Crime
The Tavern Knight The Tavern Knight The Tavern Knight is a 1920 British silent historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Eille Norwood Eille Norwood Eille Norwood was a British actor who spent most of his screen career playing Sherlock Holmes. He was born Anthony Edward Brett in York, England. He apparently took his stage name from his lady friend Eileen and the town of Norwood... , Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Historical
A Temporary Gentleman	Fred W. Durrant	Owen Nares Owen Nares Owen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star... , Madge Titheradge Madge Titheradge Madge Titheradge was an actress, born into a theatrical family in Melbourne, Australia.-Biography:Her father was the English-born actor George Sutton Titheradge, and the eleven-year-old Madge had already done stage work with Australia's Brough-Boucicault and Bland Holt companies when the family...	Comedy
A Temporary Vagabond A Temporary Vagabond A Temporary Vagabond is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Stephen Ewart.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Dick Derelict* Chrissie White - Peggie Hurst* Stephen Ewart - James Hurst...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Comedy
Testimony	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...	Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water... , David Hawthorne David Hawthorne David Hawthorne is an American football linebacker who is currently with the Seattle Seahawks. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at TCU...	Crime
Three Men in a Boat Three Men in a Boat (1920 film) Three Men in a Boat is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Challis Sanderson and starring Lionelle Howard Manning Haynes and Johnny Butt. It is an adaptation of the novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome...	Challis Sanderson Challis Sanderson -Selected filmography:Director* The Law Divine * Three Men in a Boat * The Scallywag * The Merchant of Venice * Cock o' the North * Stars on Parade...	Lionelle Howard Lionelle Howard -Selected filmography:* Barnaby Rudge * Trelawny of the Wells * Annie Laurie * The Failure * The Forest on the Hill * The Wonderful Year... , Manning Haynes Manning Haynes Manning Haynes was a British film director.Manning Haynes’ film career as an actor began in 1918's Lead Kindly Light. Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s...	Comedy
The Tidal Wave	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	Poppy Wyndham, Sydney Seaward Sydney Seaward -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * The Woman of His Dream * A Gentleman of France * A Debt of Honour * The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots * Bonnie Prince Charlie...	Romance/Drama
The Town of Crooked Ways The Town of Crooked Ways The Town of Crooked Ways is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Edward O'Neill, Poppy Wyndham and Denis Cowles. It was based on a novel by J.S...	Bert Wynne Bert Wynne -Selected filmography:Director* The Manchester Man * The Call of the East Actor* The Game of Liberty * When Knights Were Bold * The Manxman * Tom Jones -External links:...	Edward O'Neill Edward O'Neill (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Manxman * A Fortune at Stake * Darby and Joan * The Mirage * The Barton Mystery * General John Regan * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote... , Poppy Wyndham	Drama
True Tilda	Harold M. Shaw Harold M. Shaw -Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...	Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath Edna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been... , Teddy Gordon Craig	Drama
Two Little Wooden Shoes	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Joan Morgan Joan Morgan Joan Morgan was a British actress. She was the daughter of Evelyn Morgan and Sidney Morgan.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Fires of Innocence * Dicky Monteith... , Langhorn Burton Langhorn Burton -Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:...	Romance
Unmarried Unmarried (1920 film) Unmarried is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Gerald du Maurier, Malvina Longfellow and Edmund Gwenn. The film portrays an unmarried mother and the social workers who support her.-Partial cast:...	Rex Wilson Rex Wilson (director) -Selected filmography:* Tom Brown's Schooldays * The Life of Lord Kitchener * Quinneys * Unmarried * Tilly of Bloomsbury * St. Elmo...	Gerald du Maurier Gerald du Maurier Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier was an English actor and manager. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In 1902, he married the actress Muriel Beaumont with whom he had three daughters: Angela du Maurier , Daphne du Maurier and Jeanne... , Malvina Longfellow Malvina Longfellow Malvina Longfellow was a stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.-Family, education:Born in the city of New York, Malvina's mother was Julia Langfelder and her sister was Lilyan Cohen. Longfellow attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City...	Drama
The Woman of the Iron Bracelets	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Eve Balfour, George Keene	Crime
The Yellow Claw	René Plaissetty René Plaissetty -Selected filmography:* The Yellow Claw * The Broken Road * The Four Feathers * The Knave of Diamonds * Chair ardente...	Kitty Fielder, Norman Page Norman Page Norman Page was a British actor. He is best known for his portrayal of David Lloyd George, Prime Minister during the First World War, in the 1918 film The Life Story of David Lloyd George which is believed to be the first ever feature length political biopic.-Selected filmography:* The Life Story...	Crime

1921

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1921 1921 in film -Top grossing films :-Films released in 1921:U.S.A. unless stated$10,000 Under a Pillow, silent film directed by Frank MoserThe Ace of Hearts, silent film directed by Wallace Worsley*Across the Divide, silent film directed by John Holloway...

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley based on the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Frederick Volpe Frederick Volpe -Selected filmography:* The Labour Leader * The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick * Lord Richard in the Pantry * The Middle Watch * Bed and Breakfast... , Mary Brough Mary Brough Mary Bessie Brough was an English actress in theatre, silent films and early talkies, including several Aldwych farces....	Comedy
The Autumn of Pride The Autumn of Pride The Autumn of Pride is a 1921 British silent romance film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Nora Swinburne, David Hawthorne and Mary Dibley. It was an adaptation of a novel by E. Newton Bungay.-Cast:* Nora Swinburne - Peggy Naylor...	W.P. Kellino W.P. Kellino William Philip Kellino Gislingham was a British film director. He was the father of the cinematographer Roy Kellino.-Selected filmography:* The Autumn of Pride...	Nora Swinburne Nora Swinburne Nora Swinburne was a British actress, born Leonora Mary Johnson in Bath, Somerset, daughter of Henry Swinburne Johnson and his wife Leonora Tamar .... , David Hawthorne David Hawthorne David Hawthorne is an American football linebacker who is currently with the Seattle Seahawks. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at TCU...	Romance
The Bachelor's Club	A.V. Bramble A.V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...	Ben Field Ben Field -Selected filmography:* Venetian Lovers * A South Sea Bubble * Caste * Sally in Our Alley * Jack's the Boy * Loyalties * Mrs. Dane's Defence * Say It with Flowers... , Ernest Thesiger Ernest Thesiger Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger CBE was an English stage and film actor. He is best known for his performance as Dr...	Drama
The Bargain The Bargain (1921 film) The Bargain is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Rex McDougall. It was based on a play by Edward Irwin.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Dennis Trevor* Chrissie White - Mary...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Comedy
Belphegor the Mountebank	Bert Wynne Bert Wynne -Selected filmography:Director* The Manchester Man * The Call of the East Actor* The Game of Liberty * When Knights Were Bold * The Manxman * Tom Jones -External links:...	Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... , Kathleen Vaughan Kathleen Vaughan -Selected filmography:* Handy Andy * Corinthian Jack * Belphegor the Mountebank * The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick * The Crimson Circle * The Last Hour...	Drama
The Bigamist	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...	Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water... , Julian Royce Julian Royce -Selected filmography:* Not Negotiable * The Persistent Lovers * God's Clay * Two Hearts in Harmony * So You Won't Talk * Birds of a Feather...	Romance
The Bonnie Brier Bush The Bonnie Brier Bush The Bonnie Brier Bush is a 1921 drama film directed by Donald Crisp. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is now lost.-Cast:* Donald Crisp - Lachlan Campbell* Mary Glynne - Flora Campbell* Alec Fraser - Lord Malcolm Hay...	Donald Crisp Donald Crisp Donald Crisp was an English film actor. He was also an early motion picture producer, director and screenwriter...	Donald Crisp Donald Crisp Donald Crisp was an English film actor. He was also an early motion picture producer, director and screenwriter... , Mary Glynne Mary Glynne Mary Glynne was a British film actress. She appeared in 24 films between 1919 and 1939. She was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan South Wales and died in London....	Drama
Christie Johnstone Christie Johnstone (film) Christie Johnstone is a 1921 British silent romance film directed by Norman McDonald and starring Gertrude McCoy, Stewart Rome and Clive Brook. It was adapted from the 1853 novel Christie Johnstone by Charles Reade.-Cast:...	Normand McDonald	Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Romance
Corinthian Jack Corinthian Jack Corinthian Jack is a 1921 British adventure film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starring Victor McLaglen, Kathleen Vaughan and Warwick Ward. It was based on a novel by Charles E...	Walter Courtney Rowden Walter Courtney Rowden -Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Prisoner of Zenda * Rupert of Hentzau * Hobson's Choice * The Sheik Director* Daniel Deronda * Corinthian Jack * Vanity Fair...	Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:... , Kathleen Vaughan Kathleen Vaughan -Selected filmography:* Handy Andy * Corinthian Jack * Belphegor the Mountebank * The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick * The Crimson Circle * The Last Hour...	Adventure
The Croxley Master The Croxley Master The Croxley Master is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Dick Webb, Dora Lennox and Jack Stanley. It was based on a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. A young Welsh medical student enters the boxing ring to fight for a £200 prize which will enable him to establish his own practice.-Cast:*...	Percy Nash Percy Nash -Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * Disraeli * Darby and Joan * The Flag Lieutenant * Hobson's Choice * Won by a Head * How Kitchener Was Betrayed * The Croxley Master...	Dick Morris Dick Morris Dick Morris is an American political author and commentator who previously worked as a pollster, political campaign consultant, and general political consultant.... , Joan Ritz Joan Ritz -Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * The Coal King * The Little Minister * The Romany Rye * Darby and Joan * Rodney Stone * The Croxley Master...	Sports/Drama
Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda (film) Daniel Deronda is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starring Reginald Fox, Ann Trevor and Clive Brook. It is an adaptation of the novel Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.-Cast:* Reginald Fox - Daniel Deronda...	Walter Courtney Rowden Walter Courtney Rowden -Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Prisoner of Zenda * Rupert of Hentzau * Hobson's Choice * The Sheik Director* Daniel Deronda * Corinthian Jack * Vanity Fair...	Reginald Fox Reginald Fox -Selected filmography:* Daniel Deronda * The Kensington Mystery * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe * Troublesome Wives * The American Prisoner * The Compulsory Husband... , Ann Trevor Ann Trevor -Selected filmography:* Wuthering Heights * Daniel Deronda * A Tale of Two Cities * A Rogue in Love * Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn -External links:... , Clive Brook	Drama
Dick's Fairy	Bert Wynne Bert Wynne -Selected filmography:Director* The Manchester Man * The Call of the East Actor* The Game of Liberty * When Knights Were Bold * The Manxman * Tom Jones -External links:...	Albert Brantford, Joan Griffith	Comedy/Drama
The Education of Nicky The Education of Nicky The Education of Nicky is a 1921 British silent romance film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring James Knight, Marjorie Villis and Constance Worth. It was based on a novel by May Wynn.-Cast:* James Knight ... Nicky Malvesty...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland... , Marjorie Villis	Romance
The Fruitful Vine The Fruitful Vine The Fruitful Vine is a 1921 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvy and starring Teddy Arundell, Peter Dear and Paulette del Baye. From the silent era, probably the most notable thing about the film was an early appearance of British actor Basil Rathbone later to become famous for his portrayal...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Teddy Arundell Teddy Arundell -Selected filmography:* Nelson * Mr. Wu * The Elusive Pimpernel * The Amateur Gentleman * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * General John Regan... , Peter Dear	Drama
General John Regan General John Regan (1921 film) General John Regan is a 1921 British comedy film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Milton Rosmer, Madge Stuart and Ward McAllister. It is based on the play General John Regan by George A. Birmingham.-Cast:* Milton Rosmer - Doctor O'Grady...	Harold M. Shaw Harold M. Shaw -Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...	Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... , Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Comedy
A Gentleman of France A Gentleman of France A Gentleman of France is a 1921 British silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Madge Stuart and Hugh Buckler...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Eille Norwood Eille Norwood Eille Norwood was a British actor who spent most of his screen career playing Sherlock Holmes. He was born Anthony Edward Brett in York, England. He apparently took his stage name from his lady friend Eileen and the town of Norwood... , Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Adventure
The God in the Garden	Edwin J. Collins Edwin J. Collins -Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...	Edith Craig Edith Craig Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig was a prolific theatre director, producer, costume designer and early pioneer of the women's suffrage movement in England... , Arthur Pusey, Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her...	Drama
The Golden Dawn	Ralph Dewsbury	Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:... , Warwick Ward Warwick Ward Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...	Crime
The Great Day The Great Day The Great Day is a 1921 short drama film directed by Hugh Ford. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is now lost.-Cast:* Arthur Bourchier - Sir John Borstwick* Mary Palfrey - Lady Borstwick* Marjorie Hume - Clara Borstwick...	Hugh Ford Hugh Ford Hugh Ford was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 31 films between 1913 and 1921. He also wrote for 19 films between 1913 and 1920.He was born in Washington, D.C..-Selected filmography:...	Arthur Bourchier Arthur Bourchier Arthur Bourchier was an English actor and theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh.... , Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...	Drama	This short film is now lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
Hard Cash	Edwin J. Collins Edwin J. Collins -Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...	Dick Webb Dick Webb -Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar... , Alma Green	Crime
The Headmaster	Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss -Selected filmography:Director* The Glad Eye * A Romance of Old Baghdad * The House of Peril * Dicky Monteith Writer* Rock of Ages -External links:...	Cyril Maude Cyril Maude Cyril Francis Maude was an English actor-manager.-Biography:Maude was born in London and educated at the Charterhouse School. In 1881, he was sent to Adelaide, South Australia, on the clipper ship City of Adelaide to regain his health... , Margot Drake, Miles Malleson Miles Malleson William Miles Malleson was an English actor and dramatist, particularly known for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles in several Hammer horror films, with a fairly large role in The Brides of Dracula as the...	Drama
Her Penalty	Einar Bruun	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Pauline Peters Pauline Peters -Selected filmography:* Trent's Last Case * The Loudwater Mystery * The Mayor of Casterbridge * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Deadlock... , Clive Brook	Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1921 British mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Catina Campbell and Rex McDougall...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Eille Norwood Eille Norwood Eille Norwood was a British actor who spent most of his screen career playing Sherlock Holmes. He was born Anthony Edward Brett in York, England. He apparently took his stage name from his lady friend Eileen and the town of Norwood... , Catina Campbell	Mystery
The Imperfect Lover	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Drama
Innocent	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends... , Basil Rathbone Basil Rathbone Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films...	Romance
In Full Cry	Einar Bruun	Gregory Scott Gregory Scott -Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * Lawyer Quince * The Answer * The Ware Case * Not Negotiable * A Great Coup * Trent's Last Case... , Pauline Peters Pauline Peters -Selected filmography:* Trent's Last Case * The Loudwater Mystery * The Mayor of Casterbridge * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Deadlock...	Crime
The Knave of Diamonds	René Plaissetty René Plaissetty -Selected filmography:* The Yellow Claw * The Broken Road * The Four Feathers * The Knave of Diamonds * Chair ardente...	Mary Massart, Alec Fraser Alec Fraser -Selected filmography:* The Woman with the Fan * The Woman of His Dream * The Knave of Diamonds * A Gamble in Lives * The Lure * The Great Defender * The Mystery of the Marie Celeste...	Romance
Love at the Wheel	Bannister Merwin Bannister Merwin Bannister Merwin , was an American film director. He directed 141 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Lichfield, Connecticut, USA and died in London, England, United Kingdom.-External links:...	Victor Humfries, Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...	Sport
The Loudwater Mystery The Loudwater Mystery (film) The Loudwater Mystery is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by Walter West and starring Gregory Scott, Pauline Peters and Clive Brook. It was based on the 1920 novel The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson...	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Gregory Scott Gregory Scott -Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * Lawyer Quince * The Answer * The Ware Case * Not Negotiable * A Great Coup * Trent's Last Case... , Pauline Peters Pauline Peters -Selected filmography:* Trent's Last Case * The Loudwater Mystery * The Mayor of Casterbridge * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Deadlock...	Crime
The Lunatic at Large The Lunatic at Large The Lunatic at Large is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Lyell Johnstone. An aristocratic matron attempts to arrange a sutiable marriage for her daughter. It is based on a novel by J...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Comedy
The Magistrate	Bannister Merwin Bannister Merwin Bannister Merwin , was an American film director. He directed 141 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Lichfield, Connecticut, USA and died in London, England, United Kingdom.-External links:...	Tom Reynolds Tom Reynolds (actor) -Selected filmography:* Onward Christian Soldiers * A Member of Tattersall's * The Right Element * Mrs. Thompson * The Winning Goal * Tilly of Bloomsbury * She * A Royal Divorce... , Maudie Dunham Maudie Dunham -Cast:* The Winning Goal * The Ugly Duckling * Love in the Wilderness * A Temporary Gentleman * All the Winners * The Magistrate * Mr. Pim Passes by * Sinister Street...	Comedy
The Marriage Lines	Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. He directed 89 films between 1910 and 1936...	Barbara Hoffe, Lewis Dayton Lewis Dayton -Selected filmography:* A Daughter of Uncle Sam * The Shadow Between * A Rank Outsider * The Great Day * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Yesterday's Wife * What Fools Men * Spangles...	Drama
Married Life	Georges Tréville	Gerald McCarthy Gerald McCarthy Gerald McCarthy is a retired Irish hurling manager and former player. He played hurling with his local club St. Finbarr's and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1965 until 1979. McCarthy captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1966 and is regarded as one of Cork's... , Peggy Hathaway, Roger Tréville Roger Tréville -Selected filmography:* The Rotters * Married Life * Sinister Street * The Green Glove * The Happy Road * Ponzio Pilato * How to Steal a Million...	Drama
Mary-Find-the-Gold	George Pearson	Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , Tom Coventry Tom Coventry -Selected filmography:* A Fortune at Stake * The House of Peril * Paddy the Next Best Thing * Dixon's Return * Claude Duval * The Wonderful Wooing * The Squire of Long Hadley...	Drama
Miss Charity Miss Charity Miss Charity is a 1921 British silent romance film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Margery Meadows, Dick Webb and Joan Lockton. It was based on a novel by Keble Howard.-Cast:* Margery Meadows ... Charity Couchman* Dick Webb ... John Coghill...	Edwin J. Collins Edwin J. Collins -Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...	Margery Meadows, Dick Webb Dick Webb -Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar...	Romance
Money Money (1921 film) Money is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Duncan McRae and starring Henry Ainley, Faith Bevan and Margot Drake. It is an adaptation of the 1840 comic play Money by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton.-Cast:* Henry Ainley ... Alfred Evelyn...	Duncan McRae	Henry Ainley Henry Ainley Henry Hinchliffe Ainley was an English Shakespearean stage and screen actor. He was married three times to Susanne Sheldon, Elaine Fearon and the novelist Bettina Riddle, later Baroness von Hutten zum Stolzenberg... , Faith Bevan	Comedy
Mr. Justice Raffles Mr. Justice Raffles (film) Mr. Justice Raffles is a 1921 British crime film directed by Gaston Quiribet. it was based on the 1909 novel Mr. Justice Raffles by E.W. Hornung featuring his gentleman thief AJ Raffles. It starred Gerald Ames, Eileen Dennes and James Carew...	Gaston Quiribet	Gerald Ames Gerald Ames Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905... , Eileen Dennes Eileen Dennes -Selected filmography:* The Forest on the Hill * Alf's Button * John Forrest Finds Himself * Tansy * Mr. Justice Raffles * Strangling Threads * The Squire of Long Hadley -External links:...	Crime
The Narrow Valley The Narrow Valley The Narrow Valley is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.-Cast:...	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , George Dewhurst George Dewhurst George Dewhurst was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play A Sister to Assist 'Er.-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Lunatic at Large * The Narrow Valley...	Drama
The Night Hawk	John Gliddon	Henri De Vries Henri De Vries -Selected filmography:* Cleopatra * The Woman Who Obeyed * The Celestial City * Murder at Covent Garden * Strange Experiment... , Malvina Longfellow Malvina Longfellow Malvina Longfellow was a stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.-Family, education:Born in the city of New York, Malvina's mother was Julia Langfelder and her sister was Lilyan Cohen. Longfellow attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City...	Drama
The Old Curiosity Shop The Old Curiosity Shop (1921 film) The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Mabel Poulton, William Lugg and Hugh E. Wright. It is based on the novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.-Cast:...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her... , William Lugg William Lugg William Lugg was a British actor and singer of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. He had a long stage career beginning with roles in several Gilbert and Sullivan operas and continuing for over four decades in drama, comedy and musical theatre...	Drama
The Penniless Millionaire	Einar Bruun	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Fabienne Fabrèges	Adventure
The Princess of New York The Princess of New York The Princess of New York is a 1921 crime film directed by Donald Crisp. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is now lost.-Cast:* David Powell - Geoffrey Kingsward* Mary Glynne - Helen Stanton* Saba Raleigh - Mrs...	Donald Crisp Donald Crisp Donald Crisp was an English film actor. He was also an early motion picture producer, director and screenwriter...	David Powell David Powell David Powell was a Scottish born stage and later film actor of the silent era. In his twenties Powell appeared in stage companies of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ellen Terry and Johnston Forbes-Robertson... , Mary Glynne Mary Glynne Mary Glynne was a British film actress. She appeared in 24 films between 1919 and 1939. She was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan South Wales and died in London....	Crime
A Romance of Wastdale A Romance of Wastdale A Romance of Wastdale is a 1921 British silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Milton Rosmer, Valya Venitskaya and Fred Raynham. It was based on a novel by A. E. W. Mason.-Cast:* Milton Rosmer - David Gordon...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... , Fred Raynham Fred Raynham -Selected filmography:* The Hound of the Baskervilles * The Passionate Friends * The Wandering Jew * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * A Romance of Mayfair * Somebody's Darling...	Adventure
The Rotters The Rotters The Rotters is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by A.V. Bramble and starring Joe Nightingale, Sydney Fairbrother and Sidney Paxton. It was based on a play by H.F...	A.V. Bramble A.V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...	Joe Nightingale, Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London, UK, she was educated at Blackpool, UK and Bonn in Germany. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them...	Comedy
The Scallywag	Challis Sanderson Challis Sanderson -Selected filmography:Director* The Law Divine * Three Men in a Boat * The Scallywag * The Merchant of Venice * Cock o' the North * Stars on Parade...	Fred Thatcher, Muriel Alexander	Romance
The Shadow of Evil	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill... , James Reardon	Mary Dibley Mary Dibley -Selected filmography:* The Admirable Crichton * The Garden of Resurrection * The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss * The Lure of Crooning Water * The Autumn of Pride * The Bargain... , Reginald Fox Reginald Fox -Selected filmography:* Daniel Deronda * The Kensington Mystery * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe * Troublesome Wives * The American Prisoner * The Compulsory Husband...	Crime
The Skin Game The Skin Game (1921 film) The Skin Game is a 1921 British-Dutch silent drama film directed by B. E. Doxat-Pratt.-Cast:* Edmund Gwenn - Hornblower* Mary Clare - Chloe Hornblower* Helen Haye - Mrs. Hillcrist* Dawson Millward - Mr...	B.E. Doxat-Pratt	Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn was an English theatre and film actor.-Background:Born Edmund John Kellaway in Wandsworth, London , and educated at St. Olave's School and later at King's College London, Gwenn began his acting career in the theatre in 1895... , Mary Clare Mary Clare Mary Clare was a British actress who performed in films, on the stage, and later on television.-Biography:...	Drama
The Sport of Kings The Sport of Kings (1921 film) The Sport of Kings is a 1921 British silent sports film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Victor McLaglen, Douglas Munro and Cyril Percival...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:... , Douglas Munro Douglas Munro (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * General Post * London Pride * The Lure of Crooning Water * A Temporary Vagabond * The Mirage * The Sport of Kings...	Sports
Stella	Edwin J. Collins Edwin J. Collins -Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...	Molly Adair Molly Adair Molly Adair was a British stage and screen actress. She was the mother of the actress Jill Adams.-Selected filmography:* Stella * Sinister Street * Married to a Mormon * The Blue Lagoon... , H. Manning Haynes	Drama
Tansy Tansy (film) Tansy is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Gerald Ames and James Carew. The film was based on a popular rural novel of the time by Tickner Edwardes, and was filmed largely on location on the Sussex Downs....	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , James Carew James Carew James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...	Drama
Tilly of Bloomsbury Tilly of Bloomsbury (1921 film) Tilly of Bloomsbury is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Edna Best, Tom Reynolds, Henry Kendall and Isabel Jeans...	Rex Wilson Rex Wilson (director) -Selected filmography:* Tom Brown's Schooldays * The Life of Lord Kitchener * Quinneys * Unmarried * Tilly of Bloomsbury * St. Elmo...	Edna Best, Tom Reynolds Tom Reynolds (actor) -Selected filmography:* Onward Christian Soldiers * A Member of Tattersall's * The Right Element * Mrs. Thompson * The Winning Goal * Tilly of Bloomsbury * She * A Royal Divorce...	Comedy
The Tinted Venus	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , George Dewhurst George Dewhurst George Dewhurst was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play A Sister to Assist 'Er.-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Lunatic at Large * The Narrow Valley...	Fantasy
Tit for Tat	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Comedy
Wild Heather Wild Heather Wild Heather is a 1921 British film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Chrissie White, Gerald Ames, James Carew and George Dewhurst. It was based on a play by Dorothy Brandon....	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in... , Gerald Ames Gerald Ames Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905...	Drama
The Will	A.V. Bramble A.V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...	Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... , Evangeline Hilliard	Drama
The Woman of His Dream The Woman of His Dream The Woman of His Dream is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Mary Dibley, Alec Fraser and Sydney Seaward. It was adapted from a novel by Ethel M...	Harold M. Shaw Harold M. Shaw -Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...	Mary Dibley Mary Dibley -Selected filmography:* The Admirable Crichton * The Garden of Resurrection * The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss * The Lure of Crooning Water * The Autumn of Pride * The Bargain... , Alec Fraser Alec Fraser -Selected filmography:* The Woman with the Fan * The Woman of His Dream * The Knave of Diamonds * A Gamble in Lives * The Lure * The Great Defender * The Mystery of the Marie Celeste...	Drama
A Woman of No Importance A Woman of No Importance (film) A Woman of No Importance is a 1921 British drama film directed by Denison Clift. It is based on the play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde. -Cast:Fay Compton as Rachel ArbuthnotMilton Rosmer as Lord Illingworth...	Denison Clift Denison Clift Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956...	Drama
The Woman with the Fan	René Plaissetty René Plaissetty -Selected filmography:* The Yellow Claw * The Broken Road * The Four Feathers * The Knave of Diamonds * Chair ardente...	Mary Massart, Alec Fraser Alec Fraser -Selected filmography:* The Woman with the Fan * The Woman of His Dream * The Knave of Diamonds * A Gamble in Lives * The Lure * The Great Defender * The Mystery of the Marie Celeste...	Drama

1922

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1922 1922 in film -Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....
A Bachelor's Baby	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Constance Worth Constance Worth Constance Worth was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s.-Early life and career:... , Malcolm Tod	Comedy
The Bohemian Girl The Bohemian Girl (1922 film) The Bohemian Girl is a 1922 British romance film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Gladys Cooper, Ivor Novello and C. Aubrey Smith. It was inspired by the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe and Alfred Bunn which was in turn based on a novel by Cervantes.-Cast:* Gladys Cooper -...	Harley Knoles Harley Knoles -Selected filmography:* Bolshevism on Trial A Romantic Adventuress Carnival * The Bohemian Girl * Lew Tyler's Wives * The White Sheik * The Rising Generation...	Gladys Cooper Gladys Cooper Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.... , Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...	Romance
Boy Woodburn	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Sport
The Call of the East	Bert Wynne Bert Wynne -Selected filmography:Director* The Manchester Man * The Call of the East Actor* The Game of Liberty * When Knights Were Bold * The Manxman * Tom Jones -External links:...	Warwick Ward Warwick Ward Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St... , Doris Eaton	Drama
Cocaine Cocaine (film) Cocaine is a 1922 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Hilda Bayley, Flora Le Breton, Ward McAllister and Cyril Raymond...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Hilda Bayley Hilda Bayley Hilda Christabel Bailey was a British film actress. In 1922 she appeared in the controversial crime film Cocaine.-Selected filmography:* The Barton Mystery * Carnival * Cocaine * Flames of Passion... , Flora Le Breton Flora Le Breton Flora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:...	Crime
A Debt of Honour	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train... , Clive Brook	Drama
Dick Turpin's Ride to York Dick Turpin's Ride to York Dick Turpin's Ride to York is a 1922 British historical silent film drama directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Isobel Elsom and Cecil Humphreys...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...	Historical Drama
Dicky Monteith Dicky Monteith Dicky Monteith is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Stewart Rome, Joan Morgan and Jack Minister. Its plot involves a lawyer who tries to con a drunken client out of a large sum of money. It is an adaptation of a play by Tom Gallon and Leon M...	Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss -Selected filmography:Director* The Glad Eye * A Romance of Old Baghdad * The House of Peril * Dicky Monteith Writer* Rock of Ages -External links:...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Joan Morgan Joan Morgan Joan Morgan was a British actress. She was the daughter of Evelyn Morgan and Sidney Morgan.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Fires of Innocence * Dicky Monteith...	Drama
The Eleventh Hour The Eleventh Hour (film) The Eleventh Hour is a 1922 British silent film. One of a number of adaptations of Ethel M. Dell's romance novels made around this time, the film revolves around Doris Elliott , who marries farmer Jeff Ironside , but quickly tires of farm life, and leaves him, only to realise her mistake and...	George Ridgwell George Ridgwell George Ridgwell was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His...	Madge White, Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa....	Drama
Fires of Innocence	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Joan Morgan Joan Morgan Joan Morgan was a British actress. She was the daughter of Evelyn Morgan and Sidney Morgan.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Fires of Innocence * Dicky Monteith... , Bobby Andrews Bobby Andrews Bobby Andrews is a Filipino American Actor and former matinee idol. Starting out as a commercial model, he rose to fame when he teamed-up with Angelu de Leon in the famous teen-oriented television show T.G.I.S. and its sequel Growing Up....	Drama
Flames of Passion Flames of Passion Flames of Passion was a British silent film drama directed by Graham Cutts, starred Mae Marsh and C. Aubrey Smith, and is now considered a lost film....	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Mae Marsh Mae Marsh Mae Marsh was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.-Early life:... , C. Aubrey Smith	Drama
Fox Farm	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Drama
A Gipsy Cavalier	J. Stuart Blackton J. Stuart Blackton James Stuart Blackton , usually known as J. Stuart Blackton, was an Anglo-American film producer of the Silent Era, the founder of Vitagraph Studios and among the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation...	Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier was a French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from... , Flora le Breton Flora Le Breton Flora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:...	Drama
His Wife's Husband	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends... , Olaf Hytten Olaf Hytten Olaf Hytten was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1921 and 1955.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack...	Drama
The Lilac Sunbonnet	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Lewis Dayton Lewis Dayton -Selected filmography:* A Daughter of Uncle Sam * The Shadow Between * A Rank Outsider * The Great Day * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Yesterday's Wife * What Fools Men * Spangles... , Nell Emerald	Romance
Little Brother of God	F. Martin Thornton	Alec Fraser Alec Fraser -Selected filmography:* The Woman with the Fan * The Woman of His Dream * The Knave of Diamonds * A Gamble in Lives * The Lure * The Great Defender * The Mystery of the Marie Celeste... , Lionelle Howard Lionelle Howard -Selected filmography:* Barnaby Rudge * Trelawny of the Wells * Annie Laurie * The Failure * The Forest on the Hill * The Wonderful Year...	Western
The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square is a 1922 British silent romance film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Betty Faire, Jack Hobbs and Eileen Magrath.-Selected filmography:* Betty Faire - Jeanne Marney* Jack Hobbs - Duke of Monaghan...	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	Betty Faire Betty Faire -Selected filmography:* The Door That Has No Key * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Claude Duval * A Romance of Mayfair * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * Bulldog Drummond's Third Round... , Jack Hobbs Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930....	Drama
A Lowland Cinderella	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Mary Carnegie, Mavis Clair	Drama
Married to a Mormon Married to a Mormon Married to a Mormon is a 1922 silent British drama film directed by H. B. Parkinson and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Beryl Fane* Clive Brook as Lionel Daventry* George Wynn as Philip Lorimer...	H.B. Parkinson	Evelyn Brent Evelyn Brent Evelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone... , Clive Brook	Drama
A Master of Craft	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Fred Groves Fred Groves Frederick Groves was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966.... , Mercy Hatton Mercy Hatton -Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * The World, the Flesh and the Devil * Beau Brocade * The Laughing Cavalier * The Sands of Time * The Case of Lady Camber * A Sportsman's Wife...	Comedy
Number 13 Number 13 (film) In 1922 Alfred Hitchcock obtained his first shot at directing for Gainsborough Pictures with the film Number 13 .The film was to star Clare Greet and Ernest Thesiger as husband and wife...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Clare Greet Clare Greet Clare Greet was an English film actress. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1939, including six films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.She was born in England and died in London.... , Ernest Thesiger Ernest Thesiger Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger CBE was an English stage and film actor. He is best known for his performance as Dr...	Drama	Hitchcock's first film. Production was pulled and no footage is known to exist.
Pages of Life Pages of Life Pages of Life is the third studio album by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released January 16, 1990 via MCA/Curb...	Adelqui Migliar Adelqui Migliar Adelqui Migliar , also known als Adelqui Millar, was a Chilean film actor, director, writer and producer. He appeared in 31 silent films between 1916 and 1928. He also directed 24 films between 1922 and 1954....	Evelyn Brent Evelyn Brent Evelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone... , Richard Turner	Drama
The Persistent Lovers The Persistent Lovers The Persistent Lovers is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and A. Bromley Davenport. It was an adaptation of a novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs.-Cast:* Guy Newall - Richard Ardley-Manners...	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Romance
A Prince of Lovers A Prince of Lovers A Prince of Lovers is a 1922 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Howard Gaye, Marjorie Hume and Mary Clare. It portrays the life of the British writer Lord Byron. It was based on Alicia Ramsey's play Byron.-Cast:...	Charles Calvert Charles Calvert (director) Charles Calvert was a British film director. He was sometimes credited as C.C. Calvert or Captain Charles Calvert. Calvert has a reputation as a journeyman director who produced old-fashioned films.-Selected filmography:* Disraeli...	Howard Gaye Howard Gaye -Selected filmography:* Birth of a Nation * Intolerance * The Spirit of '76 * The Scarlet Pimpernel * A Slave of Vanity * My Lady's Latchkey * A Prince of Lovers... , Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...	Historical
Running Water	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends... , Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson -Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water * The Starlit Garden * The Passionate Friends * The Great Well * The Patent Leather Kid...	Drama
A Sailor Tramp	F. Martin Thornton	Kate Gurney, Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...	Adventure
The Scarlett Letter The Scarlet Letter (1922 film) The Scarlet Letter is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Challis Sanderson and starring Sybil Thorndike, Tony Fraser and Dick Webb. It is an adaptation of the novel The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.-Cast:...	Challis Sanderson Challis Sanderson -Selected filmography:Director* The Law Divine * Three Men in a Boat * The Scallywag * The Merchant of Venice * Cock o' the North * Stars on Parade...	Sybil Thorndike Sybil Thorndike Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike CH DBE was a British actress.-Early life:She was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Arthur Thorndike and Agnes Macdonald. Her father was a Canon of Rochester Cathedral... , Dick Webb Dick Webb -Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar...	Drama
Shirley Shirley (film) Shirley is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by A.V. Bramble and starring Carlotta Breese, Clive Brook, Elizabeth Irving and Mabel Terry-Lewis. It is based on the 1849 novel Shirley by Charlotte Brontë.-Cast:* Carlotta Breese as Shirley...	A.V. Bramble A.V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...	Clive Brook, Elizabeth Irving Elizabeth Irving Dorothea Elizabeth Irving OBE, JP was a British actress, the daughter of actors H. B. Irving and Dorothea Baird, and the grand-daughter of Victorian era stage star Henry Irving. Her older brother was the Hollywood set designer and art director Laurence Irving...	Drama
Simple Simon Simple Simon (1922 film) Simple Simon is a 1922 British romance film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Mary Dibley. A cynical journalist attempts to secude a naive monk, but he is rescued by a beautiful village girl.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Simon...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards, Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Romance
Sinister Street Sinister Street (film) Sinister Street is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by George Beranger and starring John Stuart, Amy Verity and Maudie Dunham. It was adapted from the novel Sinister Street by Compton MacKenzie.-Cast:* John Stuart as Michael Fane...	George Beranger George Beranger Georges Augustus Alexandre Roger de L'ile de Beranger , born George Augustus Beringer, was the seventh child of Adam Beringer and Caroline Mondientz. He was an Australian actor and film director. He played Shakespearean roles at the age of sixteen and left Australia in 1912 and began film work in...	John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.... , Maudie Dunham Maudie Dunham -Cast:* The Winning Goal * The Ugly Duckling * Love in the Wilderness * A Temporary Gentleman * All the Winners * The Magistrate * Mr. Pim Passes by * Sinister Street...	Melodrama
Son of Kissing Cup	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Comedy
A Sporting Double	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.... , Lilian Douglas	Sport/Drama
The Sporting Instinct	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Lilian Douglas, Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford -Selected filmography:* Afraid of Love * Thou Fool * Dawn * Suspense * Me and Marlborough * The Phantom Light * Where There's a Will * Darby and Joan...	Drama
A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature....	Walter Courtney Rowden Walter Courtney Rowden -Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Prisoner of Zenda * Rupert of Hentzau * Hobson's Choice * The Sheik Director* Daniel Deronda * Corinthian Jack * Vanity Fair...	Clive Brook, Ann Trevor Ann Trevor -Selected filmography:* Wuthering Heights * Daniel Deronda * A Tale of Two Cities * A Rogue in Love * Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn -External links:...	Drama
Tell Your Children Tell Your Children Tell Your Children is a 1922 drama film directed by Donald Crisp. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. It was the first film in which later Carry On actor Charles Hawtrey was to appear — he was aged eight at the time...	Donald Crisp Donald Crisp Donald Crisp was an English film actor. He was also an early motion picture producer, director and screenwriter...	Doris Eaton Doris Eaton Travis Doris Eaton Travis was a Broadway and film performer, dance instructor, and author. She was also the last surviving Ziegfeld girl.Travis began performing onstage as a young child, and made her Broadway debut at the age of 13... , Warwick Ward Warwick Ward Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...	Drama	Feature's Charles Hawtrey Charles Hawtrey (film actor) George Frederick Joffre Hartree , known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English comedy actor and musician.Beginning at a young age as a boy soprano, he made several records before moving on to the radio... 's onscreen debut, albeit uncredited
Three Live Ghosts	George Fitzmaurice George Fitzmaurice George Fitzmaurice was a film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage...	Norman Kerry Norman Kerry Norman Kerry was an American actor whose career spanned over twenty-five years in the motion picture industry beginning in the silent era at the end of World War I.-Biography:... , Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish born American actress who achieved success in American silent movies.-Background:...	Comedy
Vanity Fair Vanity Fair (1922 film) Vanity Fair is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starring Clive Brook, Cosmo Kyrle Bellew and Douglas Munro.-Partial cast:* Clive Brook - Rawdon Crawley* Douglas Munro - Marquis of Staines...	Walter Courtney Rowden Walter Courtney Rowden -Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Prisoner of Zenda * Rupert of Hentzau * Hobson's Choice * The Sheik Director* Daniel Deronda * Corinthian Jack * Vanity Fair...	Clive Brook, Douglas Munro	Drama	Adaptation of the novel Vanity Fair.
Weavers of Fortune	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Henry Vibart Henry Vibart Henry Vibart was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era.-Career:... , Dacia Dacia In ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...	Adventure
When Greek Meets Greek	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Comedy
The White Hope	Frank Wilson	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Sport
The Wonderful Story The Wonderful Story (1922 film) The Wonderful Story is a 1922 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Herbert Langley and Olaf Hytten. The fiancee of a farmer falls in love with his brother. It was based on the novel The Wonderful Story by I.A.R. Wylie...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Herbert Langley Herbert Langley -Selected filmography:* The Wonderful Story * Flames of Passion * Chu-Chin-Chow * Southern Love * Carmen * Cupid in Clover 1929)* Number Seventeen * Letting in the Sunshine...	Drama

1923

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1923 1923 in film -Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
Always Tell Your Wife Always Tell Your Wife Always Tell Your Wife is a 1923 short comedy film directed by Hugh Croise and an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock. Only one of the two reels are known to survive. It was a remake of the 1914 film of the same name....	Hugh Croise	Seymour Hicks Seymour Hicks Sir Arthur Seymour Hicks , better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer. He married the actress Ellaline Terriss in 1893... , Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:...	Comedy	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood... did some uncredited directing on this short film
The Audacious Mr. Squire	Edwin Greenwood Edwin Greenwood -Selected filmography:Director* The Fair Maid of Perth * A Woman in Pawn * Tesha * The Co-Optimists Screenwriter* The Love Race * The Maid of the Mountains * East Meets West...	Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in... , Valia	Comedy
Beautiful Kitty	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...	Sport
Becket Becket (1923 film) Becket is a 1923 British drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Frank R. Benson, A.V. Bramble and Bertram Burleigh. It is based on the play by Alfred Tennyson. It depicts the fatal disagreement between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas a Becket.-Cast:* Frank R. Benson -...	George Ridgwell George Ridgwell George Ridgwell was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His...	Frank R. Benson, A.V. Bramble A.V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...	Historical
The Beloved Vagabond The Beloved Vagabond (1923 film) The Beloved Vagabond is a 1923 British romantic drama film directed by Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Madge Stuart, Jessie Matthews and Phyllis Titmuss. The wealthy Gaston de Nerac decides to live as a tramp until he falls in love...	Fred LeRoy Granville Fred LeRoy Granville Fred LeRoy Granville was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, in 1896, and educated in New Zealand. The 1 February 1922, issue of American Cinematographer stated that he was “a bloody Britisher by birth” and “first saw the light at Worton Hall, Isleworth, Middlesex, England.” Granville became...	Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he... , Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Romance
The Blue Lagoon The Blue Lagoon (1923 film) The Blue Lagoon is a 1923 silent film telling of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel about children who come of age while stranded on a tropical island. The first telling of this oft filmed story. -Cast:* Molly Adair* Val Chard - Dick* Dick Cruickshanks...	W. Bowden, Dick Cruickshanks	Molly Adair Molly Adair Molly Adair was a British stage and screen actress. She was the mother of the actress Jill Adams.-Selected filmography:* Stella * Sinister Street * Married to a Mormon * The Blue Lagoon... , Val Chard	Drama
Boden's Boy Boden's Boy Boden's Boy is a 1923 British romance film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Francis Lister. It was based on a novel by Tom Gallon.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Enery Boden* Chrissie White - Barbara Pilgrim...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards, Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Romance
Bonnie Prince Charlie Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923 film) Bonnie Prince Charlie is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by Charles Calvert.-Cast:Ivor Novello as Prince Charles StuartGladys Cooper as Flora MacDonald*A.B...	Charles Calvert Charles Calvert (director) Charles Calvert was a British film director. He was sometimes credited as C.C. Calvert or Captain Charles Calvert. Calvert has a reputation as a journeyman director who produced old-fashioned films.-Selected filmography:* Disraeli...	Gladys Cooper Gladys Cooper Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.... , Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...	Historical
Bulldog Drummond Bulldog Drummond (1923 film) Bulldog Drummond was the first film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond fictional character, starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr. and Evelyn Greeley, and directed by Oscar Apfel. The story was adapted by B.E...	Oscar Apfel Oscar Apfel Oscar C. Apfel was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 167 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927.-Biography:...	Carlyle Blackwell Sr., Evelyn Greeley	Crime
Comin' Thro the Rye Comin' Thro the Rye (1923 film) Comin' Thro the Rye is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor and Ralph Forbes. A woman is prevented from marrying the man she loves by the interference of another woman. It was based on a novel of the same name by Helen Mathers...	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , Shayle Gardner Shayle Gardner -Selected filmography:* St. Elmo * The Chinese Bungalow * The Three Passions * Three Live Ghosts * Disraeli * The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu * The Lodger * The Love Test...	Romance
Don Quixote	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Jerrold Robertshaw Jerrold Robertshaw -Selected filmography:* The Wandering Jew * Should a Doctor Tell? * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote * The Arab * She * A Royal Divorce * Huntingtower * Tommy Atkins... , George Robey George Robey Sir George Edward Wade , better known by his stage name, George Robey, was an English music hall comedian and star. He was marketed as the "Prime Minister of Mirth".-Early life:...	Comedy
Finished Finished (film) Finished is a 1923 British silent romance film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Jerrold Robertshaw, Eileen Magrath and Chris Walker.-Cast:* Jerrold Robertshaw - Comte de Lormerin* Eileen Magrath - Reneé* Chris Walker - Valet...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper (director) George A. Cooper was a British screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:* The Eleventh Commandment * Claude Duval * Settled Out of Court * Somebody's Darling * If Youth But Knew...	Jerrold Robertshaw Jerrold Robertshaw -Selected filmography:* The Wandering Jew * Should a Doctor Tell? * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote * The Arab * She * A Royal Divorce * Huntingtower * Tommy Atkins... , Eileen Magrath Eileen Magrath -Selected filmography:* The Town of Crooked Ways * By Berwin Banks * His Other Wife * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Finished...	Romance
Fires of Fate Fires of Fate (1923 film) Fires of Fate is a 1923 British-American silent adventure film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba. It was adapted from the play Fires of Fate by Arthur Conan Doyle which was in turn based on his 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko...	Tom Terriss Tom Terriss Tom Terriss was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of Ellaline Terriss and William Terriss.-Selected filmography:* The Mystery of Edwin Drood * The Spark Divine * Captain Swift...	Wanda Hawley Wanda Hawley Wanda Hawley , was a veteran of the silent screen films era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the U.S. and Canada as a singer. She co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1922's The Young Rajah, and rose to stardom in a number of Cecil B... , Nigel Barrie Nigel Barrie -Selected filmography:* Fires of Fate * Husband Hunters * The Shield of Honor * The Ringer * The Forger * Under the Greenwood Tree * Dreyfus * Passenger to London...	Action	Co-production with the US
A Gamble with Hearts A Gamble with Hearts A Gamble with Hearts is a 1923 British silent crime film produced by Master Films, directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Milton Rosmer, Madge Stuart and Olaf Hytten...	Edwin J. Collins Edwin J. Collins -Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...	Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... , Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Drama
God's Prodigal	Edward José Edward José Edward José was a Belgian film director and actor of the silent era.He directed 42 films between 1915 and 1925... , Bert Wynne Bert Wynne -Selected filmography:Director* The Manchester Man * The Call of the East Actor* The Game of Liberty * When Knights Were Bold * The Manxman * Tom Jones -External links:...	Gerald Ames Gerald Ames Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905... , Flora le Breton Flora Le Breton Flora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:...	Crime
Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes (film) Guy Fawkes is a 1923 British historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Nina Vanna and Hugh Buckler. The film depicts the Gunpowder plot of 1605 in which a group of plotter planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament.-Cast:...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Nina Vanna Nina Vanna Nina Yasikova Kind Hakim Provatoroff, known by her stage name of Nina Vanna , was a Russian-born British film actress who appeared in a number of films during the 1920s....	Historical
The Harbour Lights The Harbour Lights (1923 film) The Harbour Lights is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Tom Moore, Isobel Elsom and Gerald McCarthy. It was based on a popular Victorian melodramatic play The Harbour Lights by George R. Sims which had previously been made into a film in 1914.-Cast:* Tom Moore...	Tom Terriss Tom Terriss Tom Terriss was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of Ellaline Terriss and William Terriss.-Selected filmography:* The Mystery of Edwin Drood * The Spark Divine * Captain Swift...	Tom Moore, Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...	Drama
Heartstrings	Edwin Greenwood Edwin Greenwood -Selected filmography:Director* The Fair Maid of Perth * A Woman in Pawn * Tesha * The Co-Optimists Screenwriter* The Love Race * The Maid of the Mountains * East Meets West...	Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:... , Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:...	Romance
Hornet's Nest	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Florence Turner Florence Turner Florence Turner was an American actress, who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films.Born in New York City, she was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by her ambitious mother... , Fred E. Wright Fred E. Wright Fred E. Wright was president of the Optical Society of America from 1918-1919.-External links:*...	Drama
In the Blood	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:... , Lilian Douglas	Adventure
The Lady Owner The Lady Owner The Lady Owner is a 1923 British silent sports film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, James Knight and Warwick Ward.-Cast:* Violet Hopson - Pamela Morland* James Knight - Dick Tressider* Warwick Ward - Morton Buckstead...	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...	Sport
Lights of London	Charles Calvert Charles Calvert (director) Charles Calvert was a British film director. He was sometimes credited as C.C. Calvert or Captain Charles Calvert. Calvert has a reputation as a journeyman director who produced old-fashioned films.-Selected filmography:* Disraeli...	Wanda Hawley Wanda Hawley Wanda Hawley , was a veteran of the silent screen films era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the U.S. and Canada as a singer. She co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1922's The Young Rajah, and rose to stardom in a number of Cecil B... , Nigel Barrie Nigel Barrie -Selected filmography:* Fires of Fate * Husband Hunters * The Shield of Honor * The Ringer * The Forger * Under the Greenwood Tree * Dreyfus * Passenger to London...	Crime
Little Miss Nobody	Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. He directed 89 films between 1910 and 1936...	Flora le Breton Flora Le Breton Flora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	Comedy
Love, Life and Laughter	George Pearson	Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , Harry Jonas, Nancy Price Nancy Price Nancy Price, CBE , was an English actress on stage and screen, authoress and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and finally television. In addition to appearing on stage she became involved in...	Romance/Drama
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots	Denison Clift Denison Clift Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , Gerald Ames Gerald Ames Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905...	Historical
Married Love	Alexander Butler	Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Rex Davis Rex Davis -Selected filmography:* The House of Temperley * Won by a Head * Uncle Bernac * The Crimson Circle * The Lion's Mouse * Every Mother's Son * Motherland -Bibliography:...	Drama
M'Lord of the White Road	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:... , Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...	Adventure
The Man Without Desire The Man Without Desire The Man Without Desire is a 1923 British silent film fantasy drama, directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ivor Novello, who also co-produced the film along with Miles Mander. The film was Brunel's feature-length directorial debut and has been described as "one of the stranger films to emerge from...	Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Nina Vanna Nina Vanna Nina Yasikova Kind Hakim Provatoroff, known by her stage name of Nina Vanna , was a Russian-born British film actress who appeared in a number of films during the 1920s....	Fantasy drama
Mist in the Valley Mist in the Valley Mist in the Valley is a 1923 British silent crime film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, G.H. Mulcaster and James Carew. It was based on a novel by Dorin Craig.-Cast:* Alma Taylor - Margaret Yeoland* G.H. Mulcaster - Denis Marlow...	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor, G.H. Mulcaster G.H. Mulcaster G.H. Mulcaster was a British actor. He was the father of the actor Michael Mulcaster.-Selected filmography:* Mist in the Valley * The Squire of Long Hadley * A Girl of London * The Wonderful Wooing...	Crime
The Naked Man	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in... , James Carew James Carew James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...	Comedy
Paddy the Next Best Thing Paddy the Next Best Thing Paddy the Next Best Thing is a film starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. The screen comedy was written by Edwin J. Burke and Gertrude Page, and directed by Harry Lachman....	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Mae Marsh Mae Marsh Mae Marsh was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.-Early life:... , Darby Foster	Comedy
The Passionate Friends The Passionate Friends (1923 film) The Passionate Friends is a 1923 British romantic drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Milton Rosmer, Valia and Fred Raynham. It is based on the H.G...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... , Fred Raynham Fred Raynham -Selected filmography:* The Hound of the Baskervilles * The Passionate Friends * The Wandering Jew * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * A Romance of Mayfair * Somebody's Darling...	Romance
The Pipes of Pan	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , G.H. Mulcaster G.H. Mulcaster G.H. Mulcaster was a British actor. He was the father of the actor Michael Mulcaster.-Selected filmography:* Mist in the Valley * The Squire of Long Hadley * A Girl of London * The Wonderful Wooing...	Romance
The Prodigal Son	A.E. Coleby A.E. Coleby A.E. Coleby was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* Kent, the Fighting Man * Thelma * Long Odds * The Mystery of Dr...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...	Drama
The Rest Cure	A.E. Coleby A.E. Coleby A.E. Coleby was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* Kent, the Fighting Man * Thelma * Long Odds * The Mystery of Dr...	George Robey George Robey Sir George Edward Wade , better known by his stage name, George Robey, was an English music hall comedian and star. He was marketed as the "Prime Minister of Mirth".-Early life:... , Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London, UK, she was educated at Blackpool, UK and Bonn in Germany. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them...	Comedy
The Reverse of the Medal The Reverse of the Medal (film) The Reverse of the Medal is a 1923 British silent war film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Clive Brook, John Stuart and Olaf Hytten.-Partial cast:* Clive Brook - General* John Stuart - Pilot* Olaf Hytten - Strategist* Bertram Terry...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Clive Brooks Clive Brooks Clive Colin Brooks is a drummer, best known for his work in the English progressive rock band Egg.-Uriel/Egg:... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	War
Rogues of the Turf	Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. He directed 89 films between 1910 and 1936...	Fred Groves Fred Groves Frederick Groves was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966.... , Olive Sloane Olive Sloane Olive Sloane was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death...	Sport
The Romany	F. Martin Thornton	Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:... , Irene Norman	Adventure
The Royal Oak The Royal Oak (film) The Royal Oak is a 1923 British silent historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Betty Compson, Henry Ainley and Henry Victor. A woman disguises herself as Charles II in order to allow to real King to escape Oliver Cromwell's troops after the Royalist defeat at the Battle of...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Betty Compson Betty Compson Betty Compson was an American actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she had an extensive film career. Her father died when she was young, and she was forced to drop out of school and earn a living for herself and her mother... , Henry Ainley Henry Ainley Henry Hinchliffe Ainley was an English Shakespearean stage and screen actor. He was married three times to Susanne Sheldon, Elaine Fearon and the novelist Bettina Riddle, later Baroness von Hutten zum Stolzenberg...	Historical
The Scandal	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films... , Edward O'Neill Edward O'Neill (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Manxman * A Fortune at Stake * Darby and Joan * The Mirage * The Barton Mystery * General John Regan * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote...	Crime
The School for Scandal The School for Scandal (1923 film) The School for Scandal is a 1923 British silent comedy film directed by Bertram Phillips and starring Queenie Thomas, Frank Stanmore and Basil Rathbone...	Bertram Phillips Bertram Phillips -Selected filmography:* The Chance of a Lifetime * Rock of Ages * Tut-Tut and His Terrible Tomb * The School for Scandal * The Alley of Golden Hearts -External links:...	Queenie Thomas Queenie Thomas -Selected filmography:* Rock of Ages * What Would a Gentleman Do? * The School for Scandal * Straws in the Wind * The Last Witness * Safety First * Warned Off... , Frank Stanmore	Comedy
The Shadow of the Mosque	Walter R. Hall	Lys Andersen, Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... Dora Bergner	Adventure	Co-production with Germany
The Sign of Four The Sign of Four (1923 film) The Sign of Four is a 1923 British silent mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Isobel Elsom and Fred Raynham. It was based on the novel The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was one of a series of Sherlock Holmes films starring Norwood...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Eille Norwood Eille Norwood Eille Norwood was a British actor who spent most of his screen career playing Sherlock Holmes. He was born Anthony Edward Brett in York, England. He apparently took his stage name from his lady friend Eileen and the town of Norwood... , Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...	Mystery
The Starlit Garden The Starlit Garden The Starlit Garden is a 1923 British silent romantic film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, Lawford Davidson and Mary Rorke. The film is set in Italy and concerns a doomed romance between a ward and her guardian....	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...	Guy Newall, Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Romantic
Strangling Threads	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , Campbell Gullan Campbell Gullan -Selected filmography:* Far from the Madding Crowd * A Welsh Singer * Doorsteps * The Right Element * A Member of Tattersall's * At the Mercy of Tiberius * Tilly of Bloomsbury...	Drama
St. Elmo St. Elmo (1923 British film) St. Elmo is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Shayle Gardner, Gabrielle Gilroy and Madge Tree. It was an adaptation of the 1866 novel St. Elmo by Augusta Jane Evans. An American adaptation St. Elmo was released the same year.-Cast:* Shayle Gardner - St. Elmo...	Rex Wilson Rex Wilson (director) -Selected filmography:* Tom Brown's Schooldays * The Life of Lord Kitchener * Quinneys * Unmarried * Tilly of Bloomsbury * St. Elmo...	Shayle Gardner Shayle Gardner -Selected filmography:* St. Elmo * The Chinese Bungalow * The Three Passions * Three Live Ghosts * Disraeli * The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu * The Lodger * The Love Test... , Gabrielle Gilroy	Drama
This Freedom	Denison Clift Denison Clift Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , Clive Brook	Drama
Three to One Against	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Florence Wood, Judd Green Judd Green Judd Green was a British film actor of the silent era. He was sometimes credited as R. Judd Green. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.-Selected filmography:* Thelma...	Drama
Through Fire and Water	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Clive Brook, Flora le Breton Flora Le Breton Flora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:...	Adventure
Tut-Tut and His Terrible Tomb	Bertram Phillips Bertram Phillips -Selected filmography:* The Chance of a Lifetime * Rock of Ages * Tut-Tut and His Terrible Tomb * The School for Scandal * The Alley of Golden Hearts -External links:...	Frank Stanmore, Queenie Thomas Queenie Thomas -Selected filmography:* Rock of Ages * What Would a Gentleman Do? * The School for Scandal * Straws in the Wind * The Last Witness * Safety First * Warned Off...	Comedy
The Uninvited Guest The Uninvited Guest The Uninvited Guest is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Stewart Rome, Madge Stuart and Arthur Walcott.-Cast:* Stewart Rome -- Philip Orme* Madge Stuart - Mavis Steele* Arthur Walcott - Spaling...	George Dewhurst George Dewhurst George Dewhurst was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play A Sister to Assist 'Er.-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Lunatic at Large * The Narrow Valley...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Drama
The Virgin Queen The Virgin Queen (1923 film) The Virgin Queen is a British silent historical film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Diana Manners, Carlyle Blackwell and Walter Tennyson.-Production background:...	J. Stuart Blackton J. Stuart Blackton James Stuart Blackton , usually known as J. Stuart Blackton, was an Anglo-American film producer of the Silent Era, the founder of Vitagraph Studios and among the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation...	Diana Manners, Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he...	Historical
The Wandering Jew The Wandering Jew (1923 film) The Wandering Jew is a 1923 British silent fantasy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Hutin Britton and Malvina Longfellow. It was based on a play by E. Temple Thurston. A Jewish man is condemned to wander aimlessly through the ages...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Hutin Britton Hutin Britton Nelly Hutin Britton , usually credited as Hutin Britton was an English actress. She was best known for her performances in Shakespeare roles early in the 20th century. She also appeared in leading roles in two silent British films.-Biography:Nelly, the daughter of Thomas Britton, was born in...	Fantasy
What Price Loving Cup?	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...	Sport
The White Shadow The White Shadow (film) The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Betty Compson, Clive Brook, and Henry Victor.Long thought to have been a completely lost film, in August 2011 the National Film Preservation Foundation announced that the first three reels of the six-reel picture had...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Betty Compson Betty Compson Betty Compson was an American actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she had an extensive film career. Her father died when she was young, and she was forced to drop out of school and earn a living for herself and her mother... , Clive Brook	Drama
Woman to Woman Woman to Woman (1923 film) Woman to Woman is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts, with Alfred Hitchcock as the assistant director. The film was adapted from the play Woman to Woman by Michael Morton.-Preservation status:...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts... , Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Clive Brook, Betty Compson Betty Compson Betty Compson was an American actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she had an extensive film career. Her father died when she was young, and she was forced to drop out of school and earn a living for herself and her mother...	Drama
The Woman Who Obeyed	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Hilda Bayley Hilda Bayley Hilda Christabel Bailey was a British film actress. In 1922 she appeared in the controversial crime film Cocaine.-Selected filmography:* The Barton Mystery * Carnival * Cocaine * Flames of Passion... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Romance

1924

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1924 1924 in film -Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
Chappy - That's All	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Joyce Dearsley, Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:...	Drama
Claude Duval Claude Duval (film) Claude Duval is a 1924 British silent adventure film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Nigel Barrie, Fay Compton and Hugh Miller. It is based on the historical story of Claude Duval.-Plot:...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Nigel Barrie Nigel Barrie -Selected filmography:* Fires of Fate * Husband Hunters * The Shield of Honor * The Ringer * The Forger * Under the Greenwood Tree * Dreyfus * Passenger to London... , Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...	Adventure
The Colleen Bawn The Colleen Bawn (1924 film) The Colleen Bawn is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Henry Victor, Colette Brettel and Stewart Rome. It is an adaptation of the 1860 Irish play The Colleen Bawn by Dion Boucicault.-Cast:...	W.P. Kellino W.P. Kellino William Philip Kellino Gislingham was a British film director. He was the father of the cinematographer Roy Kellino.-Selected filmography:* The Autumn of Pride...	Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films... , Colette Brettel, Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	\|Drama
Decameron Nights Decameron Nights (1924 film) Decameron Nights is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke and Werner Krauss. It is based on the novel Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.-Cast:* Lionel Barrymore - Saladin* Ivy Duke - Perdita...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water... , Werner Krauss Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg...	Drama
The Diamond Man The Diamond Man The Diamond Man is a 1924 British crime film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Arthur Wontner, Mary Odette and Reginald Fox. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. The movie is silent and black and white. Distributed by Butcher's film service, script written by Eliot Stannard, and produced...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Arthur Wontner Arthur Wontner Arthur Wontner was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931 to 1937... , Mary Odette Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault was a French-born film actress. She acted during the silent era under the name Mary Odette.-Selected filmography:* Torn Sails * The Hypocrites * The Lion's Mouse...	Crime
The Eleventh Commandment The Eleventh Commandment (film) The Eleventh Commandment is a 1924 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Fay Compton, Stewart Rome and Lillian Hall-Davis. An actress tries to rescue her sister from the clutches of a blackmailer...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Crime
Eugene Aram Eugene Aram (1924 film) Eugene Aram is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Arthur Wontner, Barbara Hoffe and Mary Odette. It was based on the novel Eugene Aram by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton which depicts the life of the eighteenth century criminal Eugene Aram.-Cast:* Arthur Wontner as...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Arthur Wontner Arthur Wontner Arthur Wontner was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931 to 1937... , Mary Odette Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault was a French-born film actress. She acted during the silent era under the name Mary Odette.-Selected filmography:* Torn Sails * The Hypocrites * The Lion's Mouse...	Drama
A Gamble in Lives	George Ridgwell George Ridgwell George Ridgwell was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His...	Malvina Longfellow Malvina Longfellow Malvina Longfellow was a stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.-Family, education:Born in the city of New York, Malvina's mother was Julia Langfelder and her sister was Lilyan Cohen. Longfellow attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City... , Norman McKinnel Norman McKinnel Norman McKinnel was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death...
The Gay Corinthian	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:... , Betty Faire Betty Faire -Selected filmography:* The Door That Has No Key * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Claude Duval * A Romance of Mayfair * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * Bulldog Drummond's Third Round...	Sport
The Great Prince Shan	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...	Sessue Hayakawa Sessue Hayakawa was a Japanese and American Issei actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe. Between the mid-1910s and the late 1920s, he was as well known as actors... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Drama
The Great Turf Mystery	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...	Sport
The Happy Prisoner	Hugh Croise	Ben Field Ben Field -Selected filmography:* Venetian Lovers * A South Sea Bubble * Caste * Sally in Our Alley * Jack's the Boy * Loyalties * Mrs. Dane's Defence * Say It with Flowers... , James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...	Comedy
Henry, King of Navarre Henry, King of Navarre Henry, King of Navarre is a 1924 British silent historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Gladys Jennings and Henry Victor. It was based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas.-Cast:* Matheson Lang as Henry...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Gladys Jennings Gladys Jennings -Selected filmography:* The Lady Clare * The Face at the Window * The Shuttle of Life * Lamp in the Desert * Henry, King of Navarre * The Happy Ending -External links:...	Historical
Lily of the Alley Lily of the Alley Lily of the Alley is a 1924 British silent film drama directed by Henry Edwards, who also starred in the film with his wife Chrissie White...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Drama
Love and Hate	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	George Foley George Foley George James Foley was an Australian politician from Western Australia. He was the member for the Western Australian seat of Mount Leonora from 1911 until 1920, initially for the Labor Party until 1917 when he joined the National Labor Party... , Eve Chambers	Comedy
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train... , Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...	Romance
Nets of Destiny Nets of Destiny Nets of Destiny is a 1924 British drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Stewart Rome, Mary Odette and Gertrude McCoy. It was an adaptation of the novel The Salving of a Derelict by Maurice Drake...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Mary Odette Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault was a French-born film actress. She acted during the silent era under the name Mary Odette.-Selected filmography:* Torn Sails * The Hypocrites * The Lion's Mouse... , Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:...	Drama
Old Bill Through the Ages Old Bill Through the Ages Old Bill Through the Ages is a 1924 British silent comedy fantasy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Syd Walker, Arthur Cleave and Jack Denton...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Syd Walker Syd Walker -Selected filmography:* Old Bill Through the Ages * Royal Cavalcade * Over She Goes * I Killed the Count * The Gang's All Here -External links:... , Arthur Cleave Arthur Cleave -Selected filmography:* The Lady Clare * Garryowen * Nothing Else Matters * The Bachelor's Club * The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick * The Card * Old Bill Through the Ages...	Comedy/Fantasy
Ordeal by Golf Ordeal by Golf Ordeal by Golf is a 1924 British silent comedy film directed by Andrew P. Wilson and starring Harry Beasley, Edwin Underhill and Jean Jay. It was based on the short story collection The Clicking of Cuthbert by P.G...	Andrew P. Wilson Andrew P. Wilson Andrew P. Wilson, born 1886 in Edinburgh, Scotland, was a UK director, playwright, teacher, and actor. He acted as General Manager for the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in 1914-15. There, he produced his own play, The Slough, about Irish poor...	Harry Beasley, Moore Marriott Moore Marriott Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...	Comedy
Owd Bob Owd Bob (1924 film) Owd Bob is a 1924 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring J. Fisher White, Ralph Forbes and James Carew. It is based on the novel Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant.-Cast:* J. Fisher White - Adam McAdam...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Ralph Forbes Ralph Forbes rightRalph Forbes was an English actor in the American cinema. He was also a noted stage actor.... , James Carew James Carew James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...	Drama
The Prude's Fall The Prude's Fall The Prude's Fall is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston and Warwick Ward. It was an adaptation of a play by Rudolph Besier and May Edington with the screenplay written by Alfred Hitchcock. Its German title is Seine zweite Frau...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Jane Novak Jane Novak -Background:Jane Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri was born Johana B. Novak, daughter of Joseph, an immigrant from Bohemia, and Barbara Novak. Her father died when she was a child and her mother was left to raise 5 children. Novak attended convent school but ran away with a friend with whom... , Julanne Johnston Julanne Johnston Julanne Johnston was an American silent film actress born in Indianapolis, Indiana.Johnston is known for being on William Randolph Hearst's yacht The Oneida during the weekend in November 1924 when film director and producer Thomas Ince later died of heart failure...	Drama
The Passionate Adventure The Passionate Adventure The Passionate Adventure is a British silent film drama, directed by Graham Cutts and starring Clive Brook and Alice Joyce. The film was adapted from a novel by Frank Stayton by Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Morton, with Hitchcock also credited as assistant director to Cutts.The Passionate...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Clive Brook, Alice Joyce Alice Joyce Alice Joyce was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 movies during the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps best known for her roles in the 1923 silent and 1930 talking versions of The Green Goddess....	Drama	First Gainsborough Pictures Gainsborough Pictures Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London. Gainsborough Studios were active between 1924 and 1951. Built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway it... production
Réveille Reveille (film) Reveille is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by George Pearson. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.-Cast:* Betty Balfour - Mick...	George Pearson	Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	War
Sally Bishop Sally Bishop (1924 film) Sally Bishop is a 1924 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Marie Doro, Henry Ainley and Florence Turner. It is an adaptation of the novel Sally Bishop, a Romance by E. Temple Thurston.-Cast:* Marie Doro - Sally Bishop...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Marie Doro Marie Doro Marie Doro was an American stage and film actress of the early silent film era.-Personal life:Marie Doro was born as Marie Katherine Steward in Duncannon, Pennsylvania and began her career as a theater actress under the management of Charles Frohman before progressing to motion pictures in 1915,... , Henry Ainley Henry Ainley Henry Hinchliffe Ainley was an English Shakespearean stage and screen actor. He was married three times to Susanne Sheldon, Elaine Fearon and the novelist Bettina Riddle, later Baroness von Hutten zum Stolzenberg...	Romance
Shadow of Egypt Shadow of Egypt Shadow of Egypt is a 1924 British silent adventure film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Alma Taylor and Milton Rosmer. A European adventurer tries to steal from an ancient Egyptian tomb, only to become afflicted by a myserious curse.The film was shot on location around...	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he... , Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor...	Adventure
Slaves of Destiny Slaves of Destiny Slaves of Destiny is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Valia and Henry Victor. It is based on the novel Miranda of the Balcony by A.E.W. Mason.-Cast:* Matheson Lang as Luke Charnock...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Valia Valia -Selected filmography:* Shifting Sands * The Woman Who Obeyed * The Passionate Friends * A Gamble with Hearts * Sally Bishop...	Drama
Southern Love Southern Love Southern Love is a 1924 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Betty Blythe, Herbert Langley and Randle Ayrton. It is based on the poem The Spanish Student by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is known by the alternative title Woman's Secret...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Betty Blythe Betty Blythe Betty Blythe was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba .-Career:... , Herbert Langley Herbert Langley -Selected filmography:* The Wonderful Story * Flames of Passion * Chu-Chin-Chow * Southern Love * Carmen * Cupid in Clover 1929)* Number Seventeen * Letting in the Sunshine...	Drama
The Stirrup Cup Sensation	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Violet Hopson Violet Hopson Violet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Sport
Wanted, a Boy	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London, UK, she was educated at Blackpool, UK and Bonn in Germany. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them... , Lionelle Howard Lionelle Howard -Selected filmography:* Barnaby Rudge * Trelawny of the Wells * Annie Laurie * The Failure * The Forest on the Hill * The Wonderful Year...	Comedy
Who Is the Man? Who Is the Man? Who Is The Man? is a 1924 British silent film drama directed by Walter Summers. The film was based on the successful French play Daniel by Louis Verneuil and is notable as the first screen appearance of John Gielgud.-Plot:...	Walter Summers Walter Summers Walter Summers was a British film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Barnstaple to a family of actors, British motion picture director Walter Summers began his career in the family trade; his first contact with filmmaking was as an assistant to American director George Loane Tucker, who...	John Gielgud John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937... , Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...	Drama
The Wine of Life The Wine of Life The Wine of Life is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Betty Carter, Clive Brook and James Carew. A newly divorced woman falls in love with an artist and a hypnotist at the same time.-Cast:* Betty Carter - Lady Branton...	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Betty Carter Betty Carter Betty Carter was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style... , Clive Brook	Drama
Women and Diamonds Women and Diamonds Women and Diamonds is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring Victor McLaglen, Madge Stuart and Florence Turner.-Cast:* Victor McLaglen - Brian Owen* Madge Stuart - Olive Seaton* Florence Turner - Mrs. Seaton...	F. Martin Thornton	Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:... , Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Crime
The World of Wonderful Reality The World of Wonderful Reality The World of Wonderful Reality is a 1924 British silent romance film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and James Lindsay. It was based on a story by E. Temple Thurston.-Cast:* Henry Edwards as John Gray...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Chrissie White Chrissie White Chrissie White was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in...	Romance
Young Lochinvar Young Lochinvar Young Lochinvar is a 1924 British silent historical drama film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Owen Nares, Gladys Jennings and Dick Webb. It was based on a story by Walter Scott. In Scotland a young man insists on marrying the woman he loves in spite of the fact that she is betrothed to...	W.P. Kellino W.P. Kellino William Philip Kellino Gislingham was a British film director. He was the father of the cinematographer Roy Kellino.-Selected filmography:* The Autumn of Pride...	Owen Nares Owen Nares Owen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star... , Gladys Jennings Gladys Jennings -Selected filmography:* The Lady Clare * The Face at the Window * The Shuttle of Life * Lamp in the Desert * Henry, King of Navarre * The Happy Ending -External links:...	Drama

1925

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1925 1925 in film -Events:November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand PremierDecember 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
The Blackguard The Blackguard The Blackguard is a British-German drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Walter Rilla, and Frank Stanmore. Its German title is Die Prinzessin und der Geiger...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Jane Novak Jane Novak -Background:Jane Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri was born Johana B. Novak, daughter of Joseph, an immigrant from Bohemia, and Barbara Novak. Her father died when she was a child and her mother was left to raise 5 children. Novak attended convent school but ran away with a friend with whom... , Walter Rilla Walter Rilla Walter Rilla was a German film actor. He appeared in over 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany.-Selected filmography:...	Drama	Co-production with Germany
Bulldog Drummond's Third Round Bulldog Drummond's Third Round Bulldog Drummond's Third Round was the second silent film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond character, starring Jack Buchanan and Betty Faire, adapted by Sidney Morgan from the novel The Third Round by H. C. McNeile, and directed by Morgan....	Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock....	Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in... , Betty Faire Betty Faire -Selected filmography:* The Door That Has No Key * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Claude Duval * A Romance of Mayfair * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * Bulldog Drummond's Third Round...	Crime
Chu-Chin-Chow Chu-Chin-Chow (1925 film) Chu-Chin-Chow is a 1925 British-German adventure film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Betty Blythe, Herbert Langley and Randle Ayrton....	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Betty Blythe Betty Blythe Betty Blythe was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba .-Career:... , Herbert Langley Herbert Langley -Selected filmography:* The Wonderful Story * Flames of Passion * Chu-Chin-Chow * Southern Love * Carmen * Cupid in Clover 1929)* Number Seventeen * Letting in the Sunshine...	Adventure	Filmed in Germany
A Girl of London A Girl of London A Girl of London is a 1925 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Genevieve Townsend, Ian Hunter and Nora Swinburne. The son of a member of parliament is disowned by his father when he marries a girl who works in a factory. Meanwhile he tries to rescue his new wife from her...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Genevieve Townsend Genevieve Townsend Genevieve Townsend was an American stage and film actress. She was born in the United States, but later moved to Britain. In the mid-1920s she had several lead roles in British silent films... , Ian Hunter Ian Hunter (actor) Ian Hunter was a British character actor.Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood , The Little Princess and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...	Drama
The Happy Ending The Happy Ending (1925 film) The Happy Ending is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Fay Compton, Jack Buchanan and Joan Barry. It was based on a play by Ian Hay. A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find his wife has told his children and neighbours...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in...	Drama
King of the Castle	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree... , Brian Aherne Brian Aherne Brian Aherne was a British actor of both stage and screen, who found success in Hollywood.-Early life and stage career:...	Drama
The Last Witness The Last Witness (1925 film) The Last Witness is a 1925 British silent crime film directed by Fred Paul and starring Paul, Isobel Elsom, and Stella Arbenina. A barrister prosectues his own wife, who has recently had an affair with a Member of Parliament, for murder. It was based on a novel by F. Britten Austin.-Cast:* Fred...	Fred Paul Fred Paul Fred Paul was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and directors in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.-Selected filmography:Director* The...	Fred Paul, Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...	Crime
Livingstone Livingstone (film) Livingstone is a 1925 British silent biographical film directed byM.A. Wetherell and starring Wetherell, Molly Rogers and Henry Walton. It depicts the life of the African missionary David Livingstone including his efforts to end slavery and bring education in Africa and his celebrated meeting with...	M.A. Wetherell M.A. Wetherell -Selected filmography:Actor* Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart * Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe...	M.A. Wetherell M.A. Wetherell -Selected filmography:Actor* Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart * Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe... , Molly Rogers	Biopic
Money Isn't Everything	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Olive Sloane Olive Sloane Olive Sloane was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death... , Arthur Burne	Romance
The Pleasure Garden The Pleasure Garden (film) The Pleasure Garden is a 1925 British silent film, and the debut feature of Alfred Hitchcock.-Production:Michael Balcon allowed Hitchcock to direct the film when Graham Cutts, a jealous executive at Gainsborough Pictures, would not allow him to work on The Rat. The story concerns two chorus girls...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Virginia Valli Virginia Valli Virginia Valli was an American stage and film actress whose motion picture career started in the silent film era and lasted until the beginning of the sound film era of the 1930s.... , Carmelita Geraghty Carmelita Geraghty Carmelita Geraghty was an American silent-film actress.-Early life:Her father was screenwriter Tom Geraghty. She was the sister of writers Maurice Geraghty and Gerard Geraghty.... , Miles Mander Miles Mander Miles Mander , born Lionel Henry Mander , was a well-known and versatile English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.-Early life:Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick Manor, of the prominent...	Drama
The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring David Hawthorne, Betty Faire, Fred Raynham and Kinsey Peile...	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	David Hawthorne David Hawthorne David Hawthorne is an American football linebacker who is currently with the Seattle Seahawks. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at TCU... , Betty Faire Betty Faire -Selected filmography:* The Door That Has No Key * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Claude Duval * A Romance of Mayfair * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * Bulldog Drummond's Third Round...	Drama
The Rat	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Mae Marsh Mae Marsh Mae Marsh was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.-Early life:... , Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films, among others.-Career:...	Drama
A Romance of Mayfair A Romance of Mayfair A Romance of Mayfair is a 1925 British romance film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Betty Faire, Henry Victor and Molly Johnson. The love affair between the heir to a Duke and a young actress is almost ruined because of the gulf in class between them.-Cast:* Betty Faire - Mary Lawrence*...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Betty Faire Betty Faire -Selected filmography:* The Door That Has No Key * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Claude Duval * A Romance of Mayfair * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * Bulldog Drummond's Third Round... , Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...	Romance
Settled Out of Court Settled Out of Court Settled Out of Court is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Fay Compton, Jack Buchanan and Jeanne De Casalis...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in...	Drama
She She (1925 film) She is a 1925 British-German fantasy adventure film directed by Leander de Cordova and G.B. Samuelson and starring Betty Blythe, Carlyle Blackwell, Mary Odette. It was filmed in Berlin as a co-production, and based on H. Rider Haggard's novel of the same name.The book has been a popular subject for...	Leander de Cordova Leander de Cordova Leander de Cordova was a Jamaican actor and film director. He was the brother of Rudolph de Cordova.-Selected filmography:Actor* Zorro's Fighting Legion * Mission to Moscow * The Mysterious Desperado... , G.B. Samuelson	Betty Blythe Betty Blythe Betty Blythe was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba .-Career:... , Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he...	Adventure	Co-production with Germany
Somebody's Darling Somebody's Darling 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. A young woman who believes herself to be an orphan rediscovers her family when she is left a large inheritance but a sinister uncle tries to cheat her out...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , Forrester Harvey Forrester Harvey Forrester Harvey was an Irish-born film actor. He appeared in 117 films between 1922 and 1946, including two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.He was born in County Cork, Ireland and died in Laguna Beach, California....	Comedy
Trainer and Temptress	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Juliette Compton Juliette Compton Juliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941.... , James Knight James Knight (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...	Sports

1926

Title	Director	Cast	Genre
1926 1926 in film -Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....

The Chinese Bungalow The Chinese Bungalow (1926 film) The Chinese Bungalow is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Matheson Lang, Genevieve Townsend and Juliette Compton. It was based on the play The Chinese Bungalow which was adapted for further films in 1930 and 1940....	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Genevieve Townsend Genevieve Townsend Genevieve Townsend was an American stage and film actress. She was born in the United States, but later moved to Britain. In the mid-1920s she had several lead roles in British silent films...	Drama
Every Mother's Son Every Mother's Son (film) Every Mother's Son is a 1926 British drama film directed by Robert Cullen and starring Rex Davis, Moore Marriott and Frederick Cooper.-Cast:* Rex Davis - David Brent* Frederick Cooper - Tony Browning* Jean Jay - Janet Shaw* Moore Marriott - Nobby...	Robert Cullen	Rex Davis Rex Davis -Selected filmography:* The House of Temperley * Won by a Head * Uncle Bernac * The Crimson Circle * The Lion's Mouse * Every Mother's Son * Motherland -Bibliography:... , Moore Marriott Moore Marriott Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...	Drama
The Flag Lieutenant The Flag Lieutenant (1926 film) The Flag Lieutenant is a 1926 British war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Henry Edwards, Lilian Oldland and Dorothy Seacombe. It is based on the play The Flag Lieutenant by W.P. Drury...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Lilian Oldland Lilian Oldland Lilian Oldland was a British actress who appeared in more than twenty films between 1925 and 1935. Born in Gloucester in 1903, she made her film debut in The Secret Kingdom and was soon cast as a regular in the Bindle Series of films. In 1930 she changed her name to Mary Newland and was credited...	War
The House of Marney The House of Marney The House of Marney is a 1926 British silent crime film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, John Longden and James Carew. It was based on a novel by John Goodwin.-Cast:* Alma Taylor - Beatrice Maxon* John Longden - Richard...	Cecil Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....	Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor... , John Longden John Longden John Longden was a West Indian-born English film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1926 and 1964, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.-Biography:...	Crime
If Youth But Knew If Youth But Knew If Youth But Knew is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Godfrey Tearle, Lillian Hall-Davis and Wyndham Standing. It is a love story spanning two generations...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper George A. Cooper is an English actor.One of his best-known roles was as the caretaker Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series Grange Hill...	Godfrey Tearle Godfrey Tearle Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential Englishman on stage and in both English and US films.-Biography:... , Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...	Romance
The Island of Despair The Island of Despair The Island of Despair is a 1926 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Matheson Lang, Marjorie Hume and Gordon Hopkirk. It was based on a novel by Margot Neville.-Cast:* Matheson Lang - Stephen Rhodes...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...	Drama
The Little People	George Pearson	Mona Maris Mona Maris Mona Maris was an Argentine film actress who was born in Buenos Aires.-Ancestry and education:Her given name was Mona Maria Emita Cap de Vielle. Her mother was a Spanish Basque and her father a French Basque... , Frank Stanmore	Romance
London London (1926 film) London is a British silent film, directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish. The film was adapted by Wilcox from a short story by popular author Thomas Burke...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Dorothy Gish Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:...	Drama
London Love London Love London Love is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Fay Compton, John Stuart and Miles Mander. Ir was an adaptation of the novel Whirlpool by Arthur Applin...	Manning Haynes Manning Haynes Manning Haynes was a British film director.Manning Haynes’ film career as an actor began in 1918's Lead Kindly Light. Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	Drama
Mademoiselle from Armentieres Mademoiselle from Armentieres (film) Mademoiselle from Armentieres is a 1926 British World War I silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film was Elvey's first collaboration with producer Victor Saville.-Plot:...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Estelle Brody Estelle Brody Estelle Brody was an American actress who became one of the biggest female stars of British silent film in the latter half of the 1920s... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	World War I
The Mating of Marcus The Mating of Marcus The Mating of Marcus is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring David Hawthorne, George Bellamy and Moore Marriott It was based on a novel by Mabel Grundy.-Cast:* Dollie - Vivi Chester* Billie - Naomi Chester...	W.P. Kellino W.P. Kellino William Philip Kellino Gislingham was a British film director. He was the father of the cinematographer Roy Kellino.-Selected filmography:* The Autumn of Pride...	David Hawthorne, George Bellamy	Romance
Nell Gwyn Nell Gwyn (1926 film) Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton. It was based on the novel Mistress Nell Gwynne by Joseph Shearing and follows the life of Nell Gwynne the mistress of Charles II...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Dorothy Gish Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:... , Randle Ayrton Randle Ayrton Randle Ayrton was a British actor, producer and director.-Career:Ayrton was educated at the King's School in Chester and Geneva University. In 1890 he made his stage debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London and has been successful on stage in London and in America into the late 1930s...	Romance
Nelson Nelson (1926 film) Nelson is a 1926 British historical film directed by Walter Summers and starring Cedric Hardwicke, Gertrude McCoy and Frank Perfitt. A biopic of Admiral Horatio Nelson, it is based on the biography by Robert Southey.-Partial cast:...	Walter Summers Walter Summers Walter Summers was a British film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Barnstaple to a family of actors, British motion picture director Walter Summers began his career in the family trade; his first contact with filmmaking was as an assistant to American director George Loane Tucker, who...	Cedric Hardwicke Cedric Hardwicke Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke was a noted English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly fifty years... , Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:...	Biopic
One Colombo Night One Colombo Night One Colombo Night is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Godfrey Tearle, Marjorie Hume and Nora Swinburne. It was based on a story by Austin Phillips...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...	Godfrey Tearle Godfrey Tearle Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential Englishman on stage and in both English and US films.-Biography:... , Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...	Drama
Pearl of the South Seas	Frank Hurley Frank Hurley James Francis "Frank" Hurley, OBE was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars.His artistic style produced many memorable images but he also used staged...	Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams was a British actor. He was the son of Bransby Williams.-Selected filmography:* His Grace Gives Notice * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * The Secret Kingdom... , Lilian Douglas	Drama
A Royal Divorce A Royal Divorce (1926 film) A Royal Divorce is a 1926 British historical drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gwylim Evans, Gertrude McCoy and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on a play by C.C. Collingham and depicts the romantic relationship and political divorce between Napoleon and his wife Josephine...	Alexander Butler	Gwylim Evans, Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 131 films between 1911 and 1926.She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.-Selected filmography:... , Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...	Historical
The Sea Urchin The Sea Urchin (1926 film) The Sea Urchin is a 1926 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Betty Balfour, George Hackathorne and W. Cronin Wilson. It was made at Gainsborough Studios with Michael Balcon as producer.-Cast:* Betty Balfour - Fay Wynchbeck...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , George Hackathorne George Hackathorne George Hackathorne was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 59 films between 1916 and 1939...	Romance
Thou Fool Thou Fool Thou Fool is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Stewart Rome, Marjorie Hume and Mary Rorke. Anthony Asquith worked on the film as an assistant director.-Cast:* Stewart Rome as Robert Barker* Marjorie Hume as Elsie Glen...	Fred Paul Fred Paul Fred Paul was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and directors in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.-Selected filmography:Director* The...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...	Drama
Tons of Money	Frank Hall Crane Frank Hall Crane Frank Hall Crane was an American stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 75 films between 1909 and 1939. He also directed 48 films between 1914 and 1927. His first screen writing included The Stolen Voice in 1915.He was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Woodland Hills, Los...	Leslie Henson Leslie Henson Leslie Lincoln Henson was an English comedian, actor, producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career... , Flora le Breton Flora Le Breton Flora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:...	Comedy
The Triumph of the Rat The Triumph of the Rat The Triumph of the Rat is a 1926 British silent film drama, directed by Graham Cutts for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans and Nina Vanna.-Background:...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films, among others.-Career:... , Nina Vanna Nina Vanna Nina Yasikova Kind Hakim Provatoroff, known by her stage name of Nina Vanna , was a Russian-born British film actress who appeared in a number of films during the 1920s....	Drama
White Heat White Heat (1926 film) White Heat is a 1926 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Juliette Compton, Wyndham Standing and George Bellamy. A dancer becomes romantically involved with a producer.-Cast:* Juliette Compton - Helen...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Juliette Compton Juliette Compton Juliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941.... , Wyndham Standing Wyndham Standing Wyndham Standing was an English film actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1915 and 1948. A popular and much beloved leading man in the silent film era, he starred and costarred along many famous names of the day, both men and women. He and Ronald Colman were the stars of the now lost classic... , George Bellamy	Drama
The Woman Juror The Woman Juror The Woman Juror is a 1926 British silent era drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Charles Ashton , Alexander Field and Frank Vosper....	Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956...	Charles Ashton, Alexander Field Alexander Field (actor) Alexander Field was an English actor born 6 June 1892 in London, England, UK and died 17 August 1971, also in London, England, UK, aged 79.-Career:...	Drama
The Woman Tempted The Woman Tempted The Woman Tempted is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Juliette Compton, Warwick Ward and Nina Vanna. It was based on a novel by Vera, Countess Cathcart. A young woman murders another woman whose behaviour drove her fiancee to suicide.-Cast:* Juliette Compton...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Juliette Compton Juliette Compton Juliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941.... , Warwick Ward Warwick Ward Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...	Drama

1927

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1927 1927 in film -Events:January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...
The Arcadians The Arcadians (film) The Arcadians is a 1927 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Ben Blue, Jeanne De Casalis and Vesta Sylva. It is an adaptation of the musical The Arcadians. It is considered a lost film and is on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of missing films.-Cast:* Ben Blue - Simplicitas...	Victor Saville Victor Saville Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954...	Ben Blue Ben Blue Ben Blue , born Benjamin Bernstein, was a Canadian-American actor and comedian.Born to a Jewish family in Montreal, Quebec, at the age of nine, Blue emigrated to Baltimore in the United States where he won a contest for the best impersonation of Charlie Chaplin... , Jeanne De Casalis Jeanne de Casalis Jeanne de Casalis was an African-born British actress of stage, radio, and film.Born in Basutoland as Casalis de Pury, she was educated in France - where her father owned one of the largest corset retailers, Charneaux - and began her career in music before working in London.She appeared on stage...	Comedy
Blighty Blighty (film) Blighty is a 1927 British World War I silent film melodrama, directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ellaline Terriss, Lillian Hall-Davis and Jameson Thomas...	Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s...	Ellaline Terriss Ellaline Terriss Ellaline Terriss, born Ellaline Lewin , was a popular English actress and singer, best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies... , Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...	Drama
Carry On!	Dinah Shurey	Moore Marriott Moore Marriott Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:... , Trilby Clark Trilby Clark -Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Passing of Mr. Quin * God's Clay * The Compulsory Husband * Harmony Heaven * The Squeaker...	Comedy
Confetti Confetti (1927 film) Confetti is a 1927 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jack Buchanan, Annette Benson and Sydney Fairbrother. It had its trade show in December 1927.-Cast:* Jack Buchanan - Count Andrea Zorro* Annette Benson - Dolores...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in... , Annette Benson Annette Benson -Selected filmography:* Love at the Wheel * Squibs * Three Live Ghosts * Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep * The Harbour Lights * Downhill * Shooting Stars * A South Sea Bubble...	Drama
Downhill Downhill (film) Downhill is a 1927 silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the play Down Hill. It is Hitchcock's fifth film as director.-Plot:...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Ian Hunter Ian Hunter (actor) Ian Hunter was a British character actor.Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood , The Little Princess and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...	Drama
The Fake The Fake (1927 film) The Fake is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Henry Edwards, Elga Brink and Juliette Compton. It was based on a play by Frederick Lonsdale. An M.P. pressures his daughter to marry an aristocrat in spite of his drug addiction.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Geoffrey...	George Jacoby	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Elga Brink Elga Brink -Selected filmography:* The Fake * The Physician * The Tunnel * Jumping Into the Abyss * Karussell * Heimatland * Das fremde Leben...	Drama
The Flight Commander	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Humberston Wright Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	War
Ghost Train Ghost Train (1927 film) Ghost Train is a 1927 German-British comedy crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Guy Newall, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph. It is an adaptation of the Arnold Ridley play The Ghost Train...	Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...	Guy Newall Guy Newall Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before... , Ilse Bois	Comedy/Thriller
Hindle Wakes Hindle Wakes (1927 film) Hindle Wakes is a 1927 British silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film is adapted from Stanley Houghton's 1912 stage play of the same name, and reunites Brody and Stuart following their hugely popular pairing in the previous year's...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Estelle Brody Estelle Brody Estelle Brody was an American actress who became one of the biggest female stars of British silent film in the latter half of the 1920s... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	Drama
Huntingtower	George Pearson	Harry Lauder Harry Lauder Sir Henry Lauder , known professionally as Harry Lauder, was an international Scottish entertainer, described by Sir Winston Churchill as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador!"-Early life:...	Romance/Adventure
The King's Highway The King's Highway The King's Highway is a 1927 British romantic adventure film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring James Carew, Gerald Ames, Matheson Lang and Joan Lockton...	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	John Carew John Carew John Alieu Carew , is a Norwegian professional association football player who plays for West Ham United and the Norwegian national team. His father is Gambian and his mother is Norwegian; he was born and raised in Norway.-Vålerenga:John Alieu Carew began his career with his local club Lørenskog,... , Gerald Ames Gerald Ames Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905...	Romance/Adventure
Land of Hope and Glory Land of Hope and Glory (film) Land of Hope and Glory is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Ellaline Terriss, Lyn Harding and Robin Irvine.-Cast:* Ellaline Terriss - Mrs Whiteford* Lyn Harding - Roger Whiteford* Robin Irvine - Ben Whiteford...	Harley Knoles Harley Knoles -Selected filmography:* Bolshevism on Trial A Romantic Adventuress Carnival * The Bohemian Girl * Lew Tyler's Wives * The White Sheik * The Rising Generation...	Ellaline Terriss, Lyn Harding Lyn Harding Lyn Harding was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio...	Drama
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926 and released on 14 February 1927 in London and on 10 June 1928 in New York City. The film, based on a story by Marie Belloc Lowndes and a play Who Is He? co-written by Belloc Lowndes, concerns the hunt for a...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Marie Ault Marie Ault Marie Ault was a British actress.Born at Wigan, Lancashire, she was a star in many British films of the silent era but is most remembered for her role as Daisy Bunting's mother in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog directed by Alfred Hitchcock.She also had bit parts in films such as Jamaica... , Malcolm Keen Malcolm Keen Malcolm Keen was an English film and television actor.Born in Bristol, Keen was an early collaborator with the director Alfred Hitchcock, starring in his silent films The Mountain Eagle, The Lodger and The Manxman.Keen was the father of actor Geoffrey Keen, and the two both played Iachimo in...	Thriller
The Luck of the Navy The Luck of the Navy (film) The Luck of the Navy is a 1927 British silent comedy thriller film directed by Fred Paul and starring Evelyn Laye, Henry Victor and Hayford Hobbs...	Fred Paul Fred Paul Fred Paul was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and directors in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.-Selected filmography:Director* The...	Evelyn Laye Evelyn Laye Evelyn Laye, CBE was an English theatre and film actress.-Early years and career:Born as Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London, Laye made her first stage appearance in August 1915 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton as Nang-Ping in Mr... , Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...	Action
Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour (film) Madame Pompadour is a 1927 British historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Antonio Moreno and Nelson Keys...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Dorothy Gish Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:... , Antonio Moreno Antonio Moreno Antonio "Tony" Moreno was a notable Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s.- Biography :...	Historical/Drama
The Marriage Business The Marriage Business The Marriage Business is a 1927 silent-era British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and featuring Estelle Brody, Owen Nares and Jack Rutherford.-Cast:* Estelle Brody - Annette* Owen Nares - Robert* Marjorie Hume - Pat* Jack Rutherford - Duncan...	Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role...	Estelle Brody Estelle Brody Estelle Brody was an American actress who became one of the biggest female stars of British silent film in the latter half of the 1920s... , Owen Nares Owen Nares Owen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star...	Comedy
The Mountain Eagle The Mountain Eagle The Mountain Eagle is a British silent film, and Alfred Hitchcock's second as director following The Pleasure Garden.-Plot:The film is set in Kentucky. J. P. Pettigrew's wife died giving birth to his son Edward who was born a cripple. Pettigrew hates John Fulton who also loved Pettigrew's wife...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Nita Naldi, Bernard Goetzke, Malcolm Keen Malcolm Keen Malcolm Keen was an English film and television actor.Born in Bristol, Keen was an early collaborator with the director Alfred Hitchcock, starring in his silent films The Mountain Eagle, The Lodger and The Manxman.Keen was the father of actor Geoffrey Keen, and the two both played Iachimo in... , John Hamilton John Hamilton (actor) John Hamilton was an American actor, who appeared in many movies and television programs. He is probably best remembered for his role as the blustery newspaper editor Perry White on the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman.-Biography:Burly, stentorian-voiced John Hamilton was born John...	Drama
Mumsie	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick was a leading Broadway actress who later became known for her motion picture work.-Early years:... , Nelson Keys Nelson Keys -Selected filmography:* Mumsie * Madame Pompadour * The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel * Almost a Divorce * In the Soup * Wake Up Famous -External links:...	Drama
My Lord the Chauffeur	B.E. Doxat-Pratt	Kim Peacock Kim Peacock -External links:... , Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century... , Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London, UK, she was educated at Blackpool, UK and Bonn in Germany. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them...	Comedy
One of the Best One of the Best (film) One of the Best is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Walter Byron and Eve Gray. It was based on a play by Seymour Hicks...	T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 34 films between 1912 and 1934.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in London, England...	Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he... , Walter Byron Walter Byron Competitor for CanadaWalter Jacob Byron was a Canadian ice hockey player of Icelandic and English decent, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....	Crime
The Only Way The Only Way The Only Way is a 1927 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring John Martin Harvey, Madge Stuart and Betty Faire. It was based on the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It cost £24,000 to make and was shot at Twickenham Studios...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	John Martin Harvey, Madge Stuart Madge Stuart -Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...	Drama
Poppies of Flanders Poppies of Flanders Poppies of Flanders is a 1927 British drama film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Jameson Thomas, Eve Gray and Malcolm Tod. It was based on a novel by Herman C...	Arthur Maude Arthur Maude -Selected filmography:Director* The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross * Toni * The Ringer * The Clue of the New Pin * The Flying Squad * The Lyons Mail...	Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis.... , Eve Gray Eve Gray Eve Gray was a British film actress.She was taken to Australia as a child and later had a stage career there. She returned to England in 1924 and within three days of arrival had signed a contract and then made her first appearance on the London stage at Daly's Theatre in Madame Pompadour...	Drama
The Queen Was in the Parlour The Queen Was in the Parlour (film) The Queen Was in the Parlour is a 1927 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Lili Damita, Louis Ralph and Paul Richter. It was based on the Noel Coward play The Queen Was in the Parlour.-Cast:* Lili Damita - Nadya...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Lili Damita Lili Damita Lili Damita was a French actress who appeared in 33 movies between 1922 and 1937.-Early life and education:... , Louis Ralph Louis Ralph -Selected filmography:* The Queen Was in the Parlour * Ghost Train * Alraune * Artisten * Kongo-Express * The Golden City * I pagliacci -External links:...	Drama	Co-production with Germany
Quinneys Quinneys (1927 film) Quinneys is a 1927 British romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring John Longden, Alma Taylor and Henry Vibart. It is an adaptation of the play Quinneys by Horace Annesley Vachell. David Lean worked on the film as a camera assistant...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	John Longden John Longden John Longden was a West Indian-born English film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1926 and 1964, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.-Biography:... , Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor...	Romance
The Ring The Ring (1927 film) The Ring is a British silent, black-and-white film directed and written by Alfred Hitchcock.-Production background:The story focused on a love triangle between two men and a woman, and is the only film in his career for which Hitchcock took or was given a full writing credit...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Carl Brisson Carl Brisson Carl Brisson , born Carl Frederik Ejnar Pedersen was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 12 silent films between 1918 and 1935, including two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...	Drama
Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe (1927 film) - Cast :M.A. Wetherell as Robinson CrusoeFay Compton as SophieHerbert Waithe as FridayReginald Fox...	M.A. Wetherell M.A. Wetherell -Selected filmography:Actor* Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart * Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe... ,	M.A. Wetherell, Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...	Adventure
The Rolling Road The Rolling Road The Rolling Road is a 1927 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Flora le Breton, Clifford Heatherley and A.V. Bramble. A young woman in a Cornish fishing village has to choose between various suitors.-Cast:...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he... , Flora le Breton Flora Le Breton Flora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:...	Drama
Roses of Picardy Roses of Picardy (film) Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright. The title is a reference to the popular First World War song Roses of Picardy. It was based on the novels The Spanish Farm Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four by R.H...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	War
Second to None Second to None (film) Second to None is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Moore Marriott, Ian Fleming and Benita Hume. A Naval family comes under strain when their son goes absent without leave to settle a domestic problem with his wife.-Cast:...	Jack Raymond Jack Raymond Jack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films...	Moore Marriott Moore Marriott Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:... , Ian Fleming Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of... , Benita Hume Benita Hume Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...	War
Shooting Stars	Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations...	Ann Casson, Carl Harboard	Drama
The Silver Lining The Silver Lining (1927 film) The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Marie Ault, Patrick Aherne and Moore Marriott. Two brothers fight over a girl, leading one to frame the other for robbery. Later, guilt-ridden, he confesses and arranges his own death.-Cast:* Marie Ault -...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Marie Ault Marie Ault Marie Ault was a British actress.Born at Wigan, Lancashire, she was a star in many British films of the silent era but is most remembered for her role as Daisy Bunting's mother in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog directed by Alfred Hitchcock.She also had bit parts in films such as Jamaica... , Patrick Aherne Patrick Aherne Patrick Aherne was a British film actor. He was the brother of the actor Brian Aherne.-Selected filmography:* The Ball of Fortune * Thou Fool * Huntingtower...	Drama
A Sister to Assist 'Er A Sister to Assist 'Er (1927 film) A Sister to Assist 'Er is a 1927 British silent comedy film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Mary Brough, Polly Emery and Humberston Wright. It was based on the play A Sister to Assist 'Er by John le Breton.-Cast:* Mary Brough ... Mrs. May...	George Dewhurst George Dewhurst George Dewhurst was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play A Sister to Assist 'Er.-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Lunatic at Large * The Narrow Valley...	Mary Brough Mary Brough Mary Bessie Brough was an English actress in theatre, silent films and early talkies, including several Aldwych farces.... , Humberston Wright Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre...	Comedy
Somehow Good Somehow Good Somehow Good is a 1927 British drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Fay Compton, Stewart Rome and Dorothy Boyd. It was made at Twickenham Studios and premiered in October 1927.-Cast:* Fay Compton - Rosalind Nightingale...	Jack Raymond Jack Raymond Jack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films...	Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century... , Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name...	Drama
Sorrell and Son Sorrell and Son Sorrell and Son is a silent film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards the following year...	Herbert Brenon	H.B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish born American actress who achieved success in American silent movies.-Background:...	Drama
Tip Toes Tip Toes (1927 film) Tip Toes is a 1927 British silent film comedy-drama, directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers. The film is a loose adaptation of the stage musical Tip-Toes, with the action transferred from Florida to London.-Plot:...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Dorothy Gish Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:... , Will Rogers Will Rogers William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....	Drama
A Woman in Pawn	Edwin Greenwood Edwin Greenwood -Selected filmography:Director* The Fair Maid of Perth * A Woman in Pawn * Tesha * The Co-Optimists Screenwriter* The Love Race * The Maid of the Mountains * East Meets West...	Gladys Jennings Gladys Jennings -Selected filmography:* The Lady Clare * The Face at the Window * The Shuttle of Life * Lamp in the Desert * Henry, King of Navarre * The Happy Ending -External links:... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	Comedy
A Woman Redeemed A Woman Redeemed A Woman Redeemed is a 1927 British crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Joan Lockton, Brian Aherne and James Carew. A secret society uses a young woman to try and steal some sensitive information. It was based on the novel The Fining Pot is for Silver by F. Britten Austin.-Cast:* Joan...	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	Joan Lockton Joan Lockton -Selected filmography:* The Disappearance of the Judge * Pillars of Society * Miss Charity * White Slippers * A Woman Redeemed * The King's Highway... , Brian Aherne Brian Aherne Brian Aherne was a British actor of both stage and screen, who found success in Hollywood.-Early life and stage career:...	Crime

1928

Title	Director	Cast	Genre
1928 1928 in film -Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...
Balaclava Balaclava (film) Balaclava is a 1928 British war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth and Wally Patch. A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War and succeeds in capturing a top Russian...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year.... Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956...	Cyril McLaglen Cyril McLaglen Cyril McLaglen was a British actor who appeared in a variety of films between 1920 and 1951. He was born in London in 1899 and made his film debut in the 1920 film The Call of the Road. He was the younger brother of the actor Victor McLaglen... , Benita Hume Benita Hume Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...	War
The Blue Peter	Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Gladys Frazin	Adventure
Boadicea Boadicea (film) Boadicea is a 1928 British historical film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Lillian Hall-Davis and Clifford McLaglen...	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	Phyllis Neilson-Terry Phyllis Neilson-Terry Phyllis Neilson-Terry was an English actress. She was born in London, daughter of Julia Neilson and Fred Terry; her younger brother was actor Dennis Neilson-Terry. She made her first stage appearance in Henry of Navarre , and played Viola in Twelfth Night at the Haymarket in 1910... , Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Clifford McLaglen Clifford McLaglen Clifford McLaglen was a Stepney, London-born British film actor. He was the brother of several actors including Victor McLaglen, Oscar winner for best actor, The Informer , and nominated for best supporting actor The Quiet Man.The other brothers were Leopold McLaglen, wrestler and inventor of a...	Historical
Champagne Champagne (film) Champagne is a silent comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on an original story by English writer and critic Walter C. Mycroft...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... , Jean Bradin, Fanny Wright	Comedy
Chick	A.V. Bramble A.V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...	Bramwell Fletcher, Trilby Clark	Drama
Cocktails Cocktails (film) Cocktails is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Harald Madsen, Enid Stamp-Taylor and Carl Schenstrøm.-Plot:The guardian of an heiress tries to destroy the reputation of her lover by planting drugs on him.-Cast:...	Monty Banks Monty Banks Montague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe...	Harald Madsen Harald Madsen Harald Madsen was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1917 and 1948.He was born in Silkeborg, Denmark and died in Usseroed, Denmark.-Selected filmography:* Højt paa en kvist... , Enid Stamp-Taylor	Comedy
The Constant Nymph The Constant Nymph (1928 film) The Constant Nymph is a 1928 British silent film drama, directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ivor Novello and Mabel Poulton. This was the first film adaptation of the 1924 best-selling and controversial novel of the same name by Margaret Kennedy...	Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her...	Drama
A Daughter in Revolt	Harry Hughes Harry Hughes (director) -Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne...	Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her... , Edward O'Neill Edward O'Neill (actor) -Selected filmography:* The Manxman * A Fortune at Stake * Darby and Joan * The Mirage * The Barton Mystery * General John Regan * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote...	Comedy
Dawn	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Sybil Thorndike Sybil Thorndike Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike CH DBE was a British actress.-Early life:She was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Arthur Thorndike and Agnes Macdonald. Her father was a Canon of Rochester Cathedral... , Gordon Craig Gordon Craig (actor) -Selected filmography:* Consequences * The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton * The Breed of the Treshams * Christie Johnstone * The Door That Has No Key * The Glorious Adventure...	Drama
Easy Virtue	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films, among others.-Career:... , Frank Elliott Frank Elliott (actor) Frank Elliott was an English film actor. He appeared in 77 films between 1915 and 1966.He was born in Cheshire.-Selected filmography:* The Impossible Mrs. Bellew * Easy Virtue -External links:... , Franklin Dyall Franklin Dyall Franklin Dyall was an English actor.He appeared in 26 films between 1916 and 1948...	Drama
The Farmer's Wife The Farmer's Wife The Farmer’s Wife is a silent film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.It was based on a play of the same name by British novelist, poet and playwright Eden Phillpotts, best known for a series of novels based on Dartmoor, in Devon.-Synopsis:...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis.... , Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock...	Romantic comedy
The First Born The First Born The First Born is a British silent film drama, directed by Miles Mander for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Mander and Madeleine Carroll.-Production background:The screenplay was also written by Mander in conjunction with Alma Reville...	Miles Mander Miles Mander Miles Mander , born Lionel Henry Mander , was a well-known and versatile English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.-Early life:Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick Manor, of the prominent...	Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree... , Miles Mander Miles Mander Miles Mander , born Lionel Henry Mander , was a well-known and versatile English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.-Early life:Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick Manor, of the prominent...	Drama
God's Clay	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Anny Ondra Anny Ondra Anny Ondra was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland, and died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany.-Life:... , Trilby Clark Trilby Clark -Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Passing of Mr. Quin * God's Clay * The Compulsory Husband * Harmony Heaven * The Squeaker...	Drama
Glorious Youth Glorious Youth Glorious Youth is a 1928 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton and William Freshman. It is also known by the alternative title of Eileen of the Trees. It was one of two films Cutts made with the Czech actress Anny Ondra.-Cast:* Anny Ondra - Eileen*...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Anny Ondra Anny Ondra Anny Ondra was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland, and died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany.-Life:... , Randle Ayrton Randle Ayrton Randle Ayrton was a British actor, producer and director.-Career:Ayrton was educated at the King's School in Chester and Geneva University. In 1890 he made his stage debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London and has been successful on stage in London and in America into the late 1930s...	Drama
The Guns of Loos The Guns of Loos The Guns of Loos is a silent British war film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Henry Victor, Madeleine Carroll, and Bobby Howes.-Plot:A blind veteran of the First World War returns home to run his family's industrial empire....	Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...	Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films... , Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...	War/Drama
The Hellcat	Harry Hughes Harry Hughes (director) -Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne...	Mable Poulten, Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams was a British actor. He was the son of Bransby Williams.-Selected filmography:* His Grace Gives Notice * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * The Secret Kingdom...	Romance/Drama
A Knight in London	Lupu Pick	Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:... , Ivy Duke Ivy Duke Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water...	Drama
A Little Bit of Fluff A Little Bit of Fluff A Little Bit of Fluff or Skirts is a comedy genre silent film made in England, starring Syd Chaplin and Betty Balfour, and directed by Wheeler Dryden and Jess Robbins.-Production background:...	Wheeler Dryden Wheeler Dryden George Dryden WHEELER was an English actor and film director, the son of Hannah Chaplin and music hall entertainer Leo Dryden and thus the half brother of Charles and Sydney Chaplin...	Syd Chaplin, Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"...	Comedy
The Man Who Changed His Name	A.V. Bramble A.V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Betty Faire Betty Faire -Selected filmography:* The Door That Has No Key * The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square * Claude Duval * A Romance of Mayfair * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * Bulldog Drummond's Third Round...	Thriller
Maria Marten Maria Marten (1928 film) Maria Marten is a 1928 British drama film directed by Walter West and starring Trilby Clark, Warwick Ward and Dora Barton. It is based on the real story of the Red Barn Murder in the 1820s, and is one of five film adaptations...	Walter West Walter West (director) Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...	Trilby Clark Trilby Clark -Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Passing of Mr. Quin * God's Clay * The Compulsory Husband * Harmony Heaven * The Squeaker... , Warwick Ward Warwick Ward Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...	Melodrama
Not Quite a Lady Not Quite a Lady Not Quite a Lady is a 1928 British comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Mabel Poulton, Janet Alexander and Barbara Gott. Unhappy with her son's choice of fiancee a wealthy woman holds a boring house party to try to put her off marrying into the family.-Cast:* Mabel Poulton - Ethel...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Blanche Sweet, Haddon Mason Haddon Mason -Selected filmography:* Every Mother's Son * Dawn * The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel * The Lady of the Lake * The Woman in White * A Peep Behind the Scenes * Painted Pictures...	Mystery
Palais de danse	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her... , John Longden John Longden John Longden was a West Indian-born English film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1926 and 1964, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.-Biography:...	Drama
The Passing of Mr. Quin	Julius Hagen Julius Hagen Julius Hagen was a German-born British film producer who produced more than a hundred films in Britain. He also directed two films The Passing of Mr. Quinn and The Other Mrs. Phipps... , Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Trilby Clark Trilby Clark -Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Passing of Mr. Quin * God's Clay * The Compulsory Husband * Harmony Heaven * The Squeaker...	Mystery
The Physician The Physician (film) The Physician is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Miles Mander, Elga Brink and Ian Hunter. A former alcoholic tries to lead a crusade against drink, but is himself repeatedly tempted by alcohol. It was based on a play by Henry Arthur Jones.-Cast:* Miles Mander...	Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby was a German film director and screenwriter. He was married to Marika Rökk from 1940 until his death; the actress Gabriele Jacoby is their daughter.-Selected filmography:...	Miles Mander Miles Mander Miles Mander , born Lionel Henry Mander , was a well-known and versatile English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.-Early life:Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick Manor, of the prominent... , Elga Brink Elga Brink -Selected filmography:* The Fake * The Physician * The Tunnel * Jumping Into the Abyss * Karussell * Heimatland * Das fremde Leben...	Drama
The Ringer The Ringer (1928 film) The Ringer is a 1928 British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Leslie Faber, Annette Benson and Hayford Hobbs. It was based on the Edgar Wallace novel The Gaunt Stranger. Scotland Yard hunt for a dangerous criminal who has returned to Britain after many years away.-Cast:* Leslie...	Arthur Maude Arthur Maude -Selected filmography:Director* The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross * Toni * The Ringer * The Clue of the New Pin * The Flying Squad * The Lyons Mail...	Leslie Faber, Annette Benson Annette Benson -Selected filmography:* Love at the Wheel * Squibs * Three Live Ghosts * Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep * The Harbour Lights * Downhill * Shooting Stars * A South Sea Bubble...	Crime
The Rising Generation The Rising Generation The Rising Generation is a 1928 British comedy film directed by Harley Knoles and George Dewhurst and starring Alice Joyce, Jameson Thomas and Robin Irvine. It was based on a play by Laura Leycester. A couple masquerade as servants.-Cast:...	Harley Knoles Harley Knoles -Selected filmography:* Bolshevism on Trial A Romantic Adventuress Carnival * The Bohemian Girl * Lew Tyler's Wives * The White Sheik * The Rising Generation... , George Dewhurst George Dewhurst George Dewhurst was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play A Sister to Assist 'Er.-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Lunatic at Large * The Narrow Valley...	Alice Joyce Alice Joyce Alice Joyce was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 movies during the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps best known for her roles in the 1923 silent and 1930 talking versions of The Green Goddess.... , Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis....	Comedy
A South Sea Bubble A South Sea Bubble A South Sea Bubble is a 1928 British comedy film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Ivor Novello, Benita Hume and Alma Taylor. A group of adventurers head to the Pacific Ocean to hunt for buried treasure.-Cast:* Ivor Novello ... Vernon Winslow...	T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 34 films between 1912 and 1934.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in London, England...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Benita Hume Benita Hume Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet... , Alma Taylor Alma Taylor - Life :Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor...	Comedy
Spangles	George J. Banfield	Fern Andra Fern Andra Fern Andra was an American actress, film director, script writer and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was one of the most popular and best-known actresses in German silent films of the 1910s... , Forrester Harvey Forrester Harvey Forrester Harvey was an Irish-born film actor. He appeared in 117 films between 1922 and 1946, including two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.He was born in County Cork, Ireland and died in Laguna Beach, California....	Comedy
Tesha Tesha Tesha is a 1928 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and Edwin Greenwood and starring María Corda, Jameson Thomas and Paul Cavanagh. A man's wife has an affair with his best friend and becomes pregnant...	Victor Saville Victor Saville Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954... , Edwin Greenwood Edwin Greenwood -Selected filmography:Director* The Fair Maid of Perth * A Woman in Pawn * Tesha * The Co-Optimists Screenwriter* The Love Race * The Maid of the Mountains * East Meets West...	María Corda María Corda María Corda was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria.... , Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis....	Drama
Tommy Atkins Tommy Atkins (film) Tommy Atkins is a 1928 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Henry Victor and Walter Byron. It was based on a play by Ian Hay and Ben Landeck...	Norman Walker Norman Walker (director) -Selected filmography:* Tommy Atkins * The Middle Watch * The Shadow Between * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent * Lilies of the Field * Turn of the Tide * Sunset in Vienna...	Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Henry Victor Henry Victor Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...	Drama
Toni Toni (1928 film) Toni is a 1928 British thriller film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Jack Buchanan, Dorothy Boyd and Forrester Harvey. It was made by British International Pictures and based on a play by Dion Titheradge.-Cast:* Jack Buchanan - Toni Marr / Marini...	Arthur Maude Arthur Maude -Selected filmography:Director* The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross * Toni * The Ringer * The Clue of the New Pin * The Flying Squad * The Lyons Mail...	Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in... , Dorothy Boyd Dorothy Boyd Dorothy Boyd was an English film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1926 and 1940. She was born in Sanderstead, Surrey and died in England.-Career:...	Thriller
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (film) The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1928 British historical drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Matheson Lang, Juliette Compton and Nelson Keys...	T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 34 films between 1912 and 1934.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in London, England...	Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Juliette Compton Juliette Compton Juliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941....	Drama
Troublesome Wives Troublesome Wives Troublesome Wives is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Eric Bransby Williams, Mabel Poulton and Lilian Oldland. It was based on the play Summer Lightning by Ernest Denny...	Harry Hughes Harry Hughes (director) -Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne...	Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams was a British actor. He was the son of Bransby Williams.-Selected filmography:* His Grace Gives Notice * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * The Secret Kingdom... , Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her...	Comedy
Underground Underground (1928 film) Underground is a British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen, and Norah Baring. An electrician and a porter both fall in love with a shop girl they meet on the London Underground....	Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations...	Brian Aherne Brian Aherne Brian Aherne was a British actor of both stage and screen, who found success in Hollywood.-Early life and stage career:... , Elissa Landi Elissa Landi Elissa Landi was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing....	Drama
The Valley of Ghosts The Valley of Ghosts (film) The Valley of Ghosts is a 1928 British silent mystery film directed by G.B. Samuelson and starring Miriam Seegar, Ian Hunter and Leo Sheffield...	G.B. Samuelson	Miriam Seegar Miriam Seegar Miriam Seegar Whelan , was an American silent film actress.-Early Life:Born in Greentown, Indiana, Her parents were teachers. She was one of four daughters. Her father later opened up a hardware store but died when Miriam was 14. The third of four talented sisters: Dr... , Ian Hunter Ian Hunter (actor) Ian Hunter was a British character actor.Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood , The Little Princess and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...	Crime
Victory	M.A. Wetherell M.A. Wetherell -Selected filmography:Actor* Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart * Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe...	Moore Marriott Moore Marriott Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:... , Walter Byron Walter Byron Competitor for CanadaWalter Jacob Byron was a Canadian ice hockey player of Icelandic and English decent, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....	War
Virginia's Husband Virginia's Husband (1928 film) Virginia's Husband is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Mabel Poulton, Lilian Oldland and Patrick Aherne. It was based on the play Virginia's Husband by Florence Kilpatrick...	Harry Hughes Harry Hughes (director) -Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne...	Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her... , Lilian Oldland Lilian Oldland Lilian Oldland was a British actress who appeared in more than twenty films between 1925 and 1935. Born in Gloucester in 1903, she made her film debut in The Secret Kingdom and was soon cast as a regular in the Bindle Series of films. In 1930 she changed her name to Mary Newland and was credited...	Comedy
The Vortex The Vortex (film) The Vortex is a 1928 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ivor Novello, Willette Kershaw and Frances Doble. It was an adaptation of the Noel Coward play The Vortex and was made by Gainsborough Studios.-Cast:...	Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Willette Kershaw Willette Kershaw Willette Kershaw was a Broadway stage actress and later silent film actress. Her younger sister was actress Elinor Kershaw who later married Thomas Ince.-Filmography:Men Cecilia of the Pink Roses...	Drama
The Ware Case The Ware Case (1928 film) The Ware Case is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Stewart Rome, Betty Carter and Ian Fleming. It was an adaptation of the play The Ware Case by George Pleydell Bancroft.-Cast:* Stewart Rome - Sir Hubert Ware...	Manning Haynes Manning Haynes Manning Haynes was a British film director.Manning Haynes’ film career as an actor began in 1918's Lead Kindly Light. Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Betty Carter Betty Carter Betty Carter was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style...	Drama
What Money Can Buy What Money Can Buy What Money Can Buy is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Edwin Greenwood and starring Madeleine Carroll, Humberston Wright and John Longden...	Edwin Greenwood Edwin Greenwood -Selected filmography:Director* The Fair Maid of Perth * A Woman in Pawn * Tesha * The Co-Optimists Screenwriter* The Love Race * The Maid of the Mountains * East Meets West...	Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree... , Humberston Wright Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre...	Drama
What Next?	Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ...	Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century... , Frank Stanmore	Comedy
The White Sheik The White Sheik (1928 film) The White Sheik is a 1928 British adventure film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Jameson Thomas and Warwick Ward. It was based on the novel King's Mate by Rosita Forbes.-Cast:* Lillian Hall-Davis - Rosemary Tregarthen...	Harley Knoles Harley Knoles -Selected filmography:* Bolshevism on Trial A Romantic Adventuress Carnival * The Bohemian Girl * Lew Tyler's Wives * The White Sheik * The Rising Generation...	Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis....	Adventure
Yellow Stockings Yellow Stockings Yellow Stockings is a 1928 British drama film directed by Theodor Komisarjevsky and starring Percy Marmont, Marjorie Mars and Georges Galli. It was based on a novel by Wilson McArthur...	Theodor Komisarjevsky	Percy Marmont Percy Marmont Percy Marmont was an English film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1916 and 1968. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in Lord Jim the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interests in the Paramount Pictures film... , Enid Stamp-Taylor	Drama
You Know What Sailors Are You Know What Sailors Are (1928 film) You Know What Sailors Are is a 1928 British comedy drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Alf Goddard, Cyril McLaglen and Chili Bouchier...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Alf Goddard Alf Goddard Alf Goddard was a British film actor.Brother of a famous boxer, Alf Goddard was once a boxer too. He was also a trained athlete and a professional dancer. He served in the army in World War I and when he was invalided out he worked on munitions. He made his stage debut in a musical hall act in 1916... , Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a...	Comedy
Zero Zero (film) Zero is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Stewart Rome, Fay Compton and Jeanne De Casalis. It was based on a novel by Colinson Owen.-Cast:* Stewart Rome - John Garth* Fay Compton - Mrs Garth...	Jack Raymond Jack Raymond Jack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films...	Stewart Rome Stewart Rome Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth who also used the name... , Fay Compton Fay Compton Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...	Drama

1929

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1929 1929 in film -Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
The American Prisoner The American Prisoner (film) The American Prisoner is a 1929 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll and Cecil Barry. It was adapted from the 1904 novel The American Prisoner by Eden Phillpotts. An American sailor imprisoned on Dartmoor during the Napoleonic Wars manages to...	Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...	Charles Ashton, Reginald Fox Reginald Fox -Selected filmography:* Daniel Deronda * The Kensington Mystery * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe * Troublesome Wives * The American Prisoner * The Compulsory Husband... , Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...	Drama
Atlantic Atlantic (1929 film) Atlantic is a British black-and-white film, directed and produced by Ewald André Dupont and starring Franklin Dyall and Madeleine Carroll. Three versions were made, one in the United Kingdom, one in Germany, and one in France...	Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont....	Franklin Dyall Franklin Dyall Franklin Dyall was an English actor.He appeared in 26 films between 1916 and 1948... , Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...	Drama
Auld Lang Syne Auld Lang Syne (film) Auld Lang Syne is a 1929 British musical film directed by George Pearson and starring Harry Lauder, Dorothy Boyd and Patrick Aherne. It was originally made as a silent film, but in September 1929 sound was added.-Cast:* Harry Lauder - Sandy McTavish...	George Pearson	Harry Lauder Harry Lauder Sir Henry Lauder , known professionally as Harry Lauder, was an international Scottish entertainer, described by Sir Winston Churchill as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador!"-Early life:... , Dorothy Boyd Dorothy Boyd Dorothy Boyd was an English film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1926 and 1940. She was born in Sanderstead, Surrey and died in England.-Career:...	Musical
Blackmail Blackmail (1929 film) Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Cyril Ritchard, and featuring Donald Calthrop, Sara Allgood and Charles Paton. The film is based on the play Blackmail by Charles Bennett, as adapted by Hitchcock, with dialogue by...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Cyril Ritchard Cyril Ritchard Cyril Ritchard was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is probably best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan.... , Anny Ondra Anny Ondra Anny Ondra was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland, and died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany.-Life:... , Sara Allgood Sara Allgood -Biography:Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society, appearing in many of their plays all over Britain...	Thriller	First British talkie film.
The Bondman The Bondman (film) The Bondman is a 1929 British silent film adventure directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Norman Kerry, Frances Cuyler and Donald Macardle. It was based on a novel The Bondman by Hall Caine.-Cast:* Norman Kerry - Jason...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Norman Kerry Norman Kerry Norman Kerry was an American actor whose career spanned over twenty-five years in the motion picture industry beginning in the silent era at the end of World War I.-Biography:... , Frances Cuyler	Adventure
The Broken Melody	Fred Paul Fred Paul Fred Paul was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and directors in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.-Selected filmography:Director* The...	Georges Galli, Andrée Sacré, Enid Stamp-Taylor	Romance
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde	George J. Banfield	John Martin Harvey, Fern Andra Fern Andra Fern Andra was an American actress, film director, script writer and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was one of the most popular and best-known actresses in German silent films of the 1910s...	Drama
City of Play City of Play City of Play is a 1929 British drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Chili Bouchier, Patrick Aherne and Lawson Butt. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures and produced by Michael Balcon. It was made partly in sound.-Cast:...	Denison Clift Denison Clift Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos...	Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a... , Patrick Aherne Patrick Aherne Patrick Aherne was a British film actor. He was the brother of the actor Brian Aherne.-Selected filmography:* The Ball of Fortune * Thou Fool * Huntingtower...	Drama
The Clue of the New Pin The Clue of the New Pin (1929 film) The Clue of the New Pin is a British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Benita Hume, Kim Peacock, and Donald Calthrop. The film was one of the few filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system which used 12-inch discs...	Arthur Maude Arthur Maude -Selected filmography:Director* The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross * Toni * The Ringer * The Clue of the New Pin * The Flying Squad * The Lyons Mail...	Benita Hume Benita Hume Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet... , Kim Peacock Kim Peacock -External links:...	Mystery
The Co-Optimists The Co-Optimists The Co-Optimists is the title of a stage variety revue which opened in London on 27 June 1921. The show was devised by Davy Burnaby. The piece was a co-operative venture by what The Times called "a group of well-known musical comedy and variety artists" presenting "an all-star 'pierrot'...	Edwin Greenwood Edwin Greenwood -Selected filmography:Director* The Fair Maid of Perth * A Woman in Pawn * Tesha * The Co-Optimists Screenwriter* The Love Race * The Maid of the Mountains * East Meets West...	Melville Gideon Melville Gideon Melville Gideon was an American composer, lyricist and performer of ragtime music, composing many themes for hit Broadway musicals including The Co-Optimists. He was also a director, producer and performer.... , Clifford Grey Clifford Grey Clifford Grey was an English songwriter, actor, librettist and Olympic medalist. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray, Tippi Gray, Tippi Grey, Tippy Gray and Tippy Grey.As a writer, Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Broadway shows, as librettist and...	Musical
A Cottage on Dartmoor A Cottage on Dartmoor A Cottage on Dartmoor is a 1929 British silent film, directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Norah Baring and Uno Henning...	Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations...	Norah Baring Norah Baring Norah Baring , born Norah Minnie Baker, was an English film actress most famous for portraying "Diana Baring" in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Murder! . She is also known for playing the female lead in Anthony Asquith's silent thriller A Cottage on Dartmoor... , Uno Henning	Thriller
The Crooked Billet The Crooked Billet The Crooked Billet is a 1929 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Madeleine Carroll, Carlyle Blackwell and Miles Mander.-Cast:* Carlyle Blackwell - Dietrich Hebburn* Madeleine Carroll - Joan Easton* Miles Mander - Guy Morrow...	Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s...	Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree... , Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he...	Crime
Downstream Downstream (1929 film) Downstream is a 1929 British crime film directed by Giuseppe Guarino and starring Chili Bouchier, Harold Huth and Marie Ault.-Plot:A detective goes undercover by taking a job as a bargee in order to prevent a woman's death.-Cast:...	Giuseppe Guarino	Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a... , Harold Huth Harold Huth Harold Huth was a British actor, film director and producer. Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1892. He made his screen debut as an actor in the 1928 film One of the Best and followed it up with the role of Captain Nolan in the film Balaclava about the Charge of the Light Brigade. He directed his...	Crime
Emerald of the East Emerald of the East Emerald of the East is a 1929 British action film directed by and featuring Jean de Kuharski. It also starred Joshua Kean, Mary Odette and Lya Delvelez. It was based on a novel by Jerbanu Kothawala. In India British troops attempt to rescue the kidnapped son of a Maharaja. It was one of a growing...	Jean de Kuharski	Jean de Kuharski, Mary Odette Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault was a French-born film actress. She acted during the silent era under the name Mary Odette.-Selected filmography:* Torn Sails * The Hypocrites * The Lion's Mouse...	Action
The Feather The Feather For the Touched by an Angel episode see List of Touched by an Angel episodesThe Feather is a 1929 British romantic drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jameson Thomas, Véra Flory, Randle Ayrton and Mary Clare....	Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role...	Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis.... , Véra Flory	Romance/Drama
The Flying Scotsman The Flying Scotsman (1929 film) The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh, also featuring the famous locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman...	Castleton Knight	Moore Marriott Moore Marriott Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:... , Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...	Thriller
The Flying Squad	Arthur Maude Arthur Maude -Selected filmography:Director* The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross * Toni * The Ringer * The Clue of the New Pin * The Flying Squad * The Lyons Mail...	Dorothy Bartlam Dorothy Bartlam -Selected filmography:* The Flying Squad * The Ringer * The Love Race * Her Night Out * Watch Beverly * Fires of Fate * Up for the Derby -External links:... , Donald Calthrop Donald Calthrop Donald Calthrop was an English stage and film actor. He starred as the title character in the hit musical The Boy in 1917. He then appeared in 63 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.He was born in London and died in Eton from a heart attack.He was the...	Crime
The Glad Eye The Glad Eye (1929 film) The Glad Eye is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody, Mabel Poulton and Jeanne De Casalis...	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Estelle Brody Estelle Brody Estelle Brody was an American actress who became one of the biggest female stars of British silent film in the latter half of the 1920s... , Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her...	Comedy
High Seas	Denison Clift Denison Clift Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos...	Lillian Rich Lillian Rich Lillian Rich was an English actress of the silent era. She appeared in 66 films between 1919 and 1940.She was born in Herne Hill, London and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.-Selected filmography:... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.... , James Carew James Carew James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...	Adventure
High Treason	Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....	Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis.... , Benita Hume Benita Hume Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...	Fantasy
The Informer The Informer (1929 film) The Informer is a 1929 British drama film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward and Carl Harbord. It was based on the novel The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty which was more famously adapted in the 1935 film The Informer...	Arthur Robison Arthur Robison Arthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.-Selected filmography:* A Night of Horror...	Lya De Putti Lya De Putti Lya De Putti was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters.-Early life and career:... , Lars Hanson Lars Hanson Lars Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.-Biography:... , Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa....	Drama	Half silent/half in sound
Kitty Kitty (1929 film) Kitty is a 1929 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film was adapted from the 1927 novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping and marked the third co-star billing of Brody and Stuart, who had previously proved a very popular screen pairing...	Victor Saville Victor Saville Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954...	Estelle Brody Estelle Brody Estelle Brody was an American actress who became one of the biggest female stars of British silent film in the latter half of the 1920s... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	Drama
The Lady from the Sea The Lady from the Sea (film) The Lady from the Sea is a British romance film directed by Castleton Knight and starring Moore Marriott, Moya Goya, and Ray Milland....	Castleton Knight	Moore Marriott Moore Marriott Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:... , Moya Goya	Romance
The Last Post The Last Post (film) The Last Post is a 1929 British silent film drama, directed by Dinah Shurey and starring John Longden and Frank Vosper. The film was the first solo directorial venture by Shurey, who was the only female producer and director working in the British film industry at the time...	Dinah Shurey	John Longden John Longden John Longden was a West Indian-born English film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1926 and 1964, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.-Biography:... , Frank Vosper Frank Vosper Frank Vosper was a British actor and playwright.-Stage:Vosper made his stage debut in 1919 and was best known for playing urbane villains....	Drama
Lily of Killarney	George Ridgwell George Ridgwell George Ridgwell was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His...	Cecil Landau, Barbara Gott Barbara Gott -Selected filmography:* Downhill * Ringing the Changes * Lily of Killarney * Compromising Daphne * At the Villa Rose * The House of the Arrow * The Sport of Kings... , Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa....	Drama
Little Miss London	Harry Hughes Harry Hughes (director) -Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne...	Pamela Parr, Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams was a British actor. He was the son of Bransby Williams.-Selected filmography:* His Grace Gives Notice * The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP * The Secret Kingdom...	Comedy
Lost Patrol Lost Patrol (1929 film) Lost Patrol is a 1929 British war film directed by Walter Summers and starring Cyril McLaglen, Sam Wilkinson and Terence Collier. It was remade in 1934 by John Ford.-Cast:* Cyril McLaglen - The Sergeant* Sam Wilkinson - Sanders...	Walter Summers Walter Summers Walter Summers was a British film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Barnstaple to a family of actors, British motion picture director Walter Summers began his career in the family trade; his first contact with filmmaking was as an assistant to American director George Loane Tucker, who...	Cyril McLaglen Cyril McLaglen Cyril McLaglen was a British actor who appeared in a variety of films between 1920 and 1951. He was born in London in 1899 and made his film debut in the 1920 film The Call of the Road. He was the younger brother of the actor Victor McLaglen... , Sam Wilkinson, Terence Collier	War
The Manxman The Manxman The Manxman is a silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Based on an 1896 romantic novel The Manxman by Hall Caine, the director began work on the film just two weeks after the birth of his daughter, Patricia Hitchcock...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Carl Brisson Carl Brisson Carl Brisson , born Carl Frederik Ejnar Pedersen was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 12 silent films between 1918 and 1935, including two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock... , Malcolm Keen Malcolm Keen Malcolm Keen was an English film and television actor.Born in Bristol, Keen was an early collaborator with the director Alfred Hitchcock, starring in his silent films The Mountain Eagle, The Lodger and The Manxman.Keen was the father of actor Geoffrey Keen, and the two both played Iachimo in... , Anny Ondra Anny Ondra Anny Ondra was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland, and died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany.-Life:...	Drama
Master and Man Master and Man (1929 film) Master and Man is a 1929 British drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Humberston Wright, Henri De Vries and Maurice Braddell. A manager of a motor works is sacked for being too old, leading him into a bitter dispute with his former employer. It was based on a play by Henry...	George A. Cooper George A. Cooper (director) George A. Cooper was a British screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:* The Eleventh Commandment * Claude Duval * Settled Out of Court * Somebody's Darling * If Youth But Knew...	Humberston Wright Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre... , Henri De Vries Henri De Vries -Selected filmography:* Cleopatra * The Woman Who Obeyed * The Celestial City * Murder at Covent Garden * Strange Experiment...	Drama
A Peep Behind the Scenes	Jack Raymond Jack Raymond Jack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films...	Frances Cuyler, Haddon Mason Haddon Mason -Selected filmography:* Every Mother's Son * Dawn * The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel * The Lady of the Lake * The Woman in White * A Peep Behind the Scenes * Painted Pictures...	Drama
Piccadilly Piccadilly (film) Piccadilly is a British film directed by Ewald André Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, and Jameson Thomas. The film was produced by British International Pictures and released by Wardour Films Ltd...	Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont....	Anna May Wong Anna May Wong Anna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star... , Gilda Gray Gilda Gray Gilda Gray was a Polish born American actress and dancer who became famous in the US for popularizing a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions....	Drama
Power Over Men	George J. Banfield	Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films, among others.-Career:... , Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis....	Mystery
Red Aces	Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....	Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce William Nigel Ernle Bruce , best known as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Doctor Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes... , Douglas Payne Douglas Payne -Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Little Minister * The Romany Rye * Master and Man * Flying from Justice * Fine Feathers...	Crime
The Return of the Rat The Return of the Rat The Return of the Rat is a 1929 British silent film drama, directed by Graham Cutts for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans and Mabel Poulton.-Background:...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...	Ivor Novello Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter... , Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films, among others.-Career:... , Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her...	Drama
Ringing the Changes Ringing the Changes Ringing the Changes is a 1929 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Henry Edwards, Charles Cantley, James Fenton and Margot Landa. It was based on a novel by Raleigh King. An aristocrat poses as a butler in order to expose a dishonest lawyer...	Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role...	Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... , Charles Cantley, James Fenton	Comedy
The Runaway Princess The Runaway Princess The Runaway Princess is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh and Anne Grey. An alternative German-language version known as Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück was directed by Fritz Wendhausen...	Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations...	Mady Christians Mady Christians Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians was an Austrian actress who achieved a successful acting career in theatre and film, in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period.... , Fred Rains	Drama
Sailors Don't Care Sailors Don't Care (1929 film) Sailors Don't Care is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Estelle Brody, John Stuart and Alf Goddard. It is based on a novel by Austin Small.-Cast:* Estelle Brody - Jenny Melrose* John Stuart - Slinger Woods...	W.P. Kellino W.P. Kellino William Philip Kellino Gislingham was a British film director. He was the father of the cinematographer Roy Kellino.-Selected filmography:* The Autumn of Pride...	Estelle Brody Estelle Brody Estelle Brody was an American actress who became one of the biggest female stars of British silent film in the latter half of the 1920s... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	Comedy
The Silver King The Silver King (film) The Silver King is a 1929 British silent film drama, directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Percy Marmont and Harold Huth. The film is an adaptation of the 1882 play The Silver King by Henry Arthur Jones.-Plot:...	T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter T. Hayes Hunter was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 34 films between 1912 and 1934.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in London, England...	Percy Marmont Percy Marmont Percy Marmont was an English film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1916 and 1968. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in Lord Jim the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interests in the Paramount Pictures film... , Harold Huth Harold Huth Harold Huth was a British actor, film director and producer. Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1892. He made his screen debut as an actor in the 1928 film One of the Best and followed it up with the role of Captain Nolan in the film Balaclava about the Charge of the Light Brigade. He directed his...	Drama
The Silent House	Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ...	Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her... , Gibb McLaughlin Gibb McLaughlin Gibb McLaughlin was an English film actor. He appeared in 118 films between 1921 and 1959. He was born in Sunderland, England and died in London, England.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London...	Mystery
Splinters	Jack Raymond Jack Raymond Jack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films...	Nelson Keys Nelson Keys -Selected filmography:* Mumsie * Madame Pompadour * The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel * Almost a Divorce * In the Soup * Wake Up Famous -External links:... , Sydney Howard Sydney Howard Sydney Howard was an English stage comedian and motion-picture actor born in Leeds, Yorkshire.Already a major stage star, Howard made his feature film début in 1929's Jack Raymond's Splinters, and went on appearing in unique roles in films such as French Leave, Up for the Cup and Mayor's Nest...	Comedy
The Streets of London	Norman Lee Norman Lee -Selected filmography:Director* The Streets of London * Strip, Strip, Hooray * The Pride of the Force * The Outcast * Doctor's Orders * Spring in the Air * A Political Party...	David Dunbar, Wera Engels Wera Engels Wera Engels was a German actress.Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood....	Crime
Taxi for Two Taxi for Two Taxi for Two is a 1929 British romantic comedy film drama, directed by Denison Clift for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Mabel Poulton and John Stuart. It was the first full sound film made by Gainsborough, and also marked Poulton's first speaking role...	Denison Clift Denison Clift Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos...	Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her... , John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....	Romantic comedy
The Third Eye The Third Eye (film) The Third Eye is a 1929 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Dorothy Seacombe, Ian Harding and Hayford Hobbs. As part of a plan to rob banks, a financier insists on installing new television technology in several branches.-Cast:...	Maclean Rogers Maclean Rogers -Selected filmography:Director* The Third Eye * The Mayor's Nest * Up for the Derby * The Crime at Blossoms * Trouble * Summer Lightning * It's a Cop * Virginia's Husband...	Dorothy Seacombe Dorothy Seacombe -Selected filmography:* The Third Eye * The Loves of Robert Burns * Lord Richard in the Pantry * The Yellow Mask * The Ware Case * Many Tanks Mr. Atkins -External links:... , Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in 1892. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film The Third Generation and appeared in his last film High Treason in 1929. The following year he directed his first film, a...	Crime
Under the Greenwood Tree Under the Greenwood Tree (film) Under the Greenwood Tree is a 1929 British drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Marguerite Allan, Nigel Barrie and John Batten...	Harry Lachman Harry Lachman Harry B. Lachman was an American artist, set designer, and film director.Born La Salle, Illinois, Lachman was educated at the University of Michigan before becoming a magazine and book illustrator, contributing 4 colour illustrations to the 1907 work John Smith, Gentleman Adventurer by Charles...	Marguerite Allan Marguerite Allan -Selected filmography:* Under the Greenwood Tree * The Romance of Seville * Matinee Idol * Daughters of Today * Blossom Time * Those Were the Days * The Big Splash... , Nigel Barrie Nigel Barrie -Selected filmography:* Fires of Fate * Husband Hunters * The Shield of Honor * The Ringer * The Forger * Under the Greenwood Tree * Dreyfus * Passenger to London...	Drama
Wait and See	Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ...	Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ... , Frank Stanmore	Comedy
The Woman in White The Woman in White (1929 film) The Woman in White is a 1929 British mystery film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Blanche Sweet, Haddon Mason and Cecil Humphreys. It is based on the novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.-Cast:* Blanche Sweet - Laura Fairlie / Anne...	Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...	Blanche Sweet, Haddon Mason Haddon Mason -Selected filmography:* Every Mother's Son * Dawn * The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel * The Lady of the Lake * The Woman in White * A Peep Behind the Scenes * Painted Pictures...	Mystery
Woman to Woman Woman to Woman (1929 film) Woman to Woman is a 1929 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Betty Compson, George Barraud and Juliette Compton. It was an adaptation of the play Woman to Woman by Michael Morton which had previously previously been made into a film in 1923...	Victor Saville Victor Saville Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954...	Betty Compson Betty Compson Betty Compson was an American actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she had an extensive film career. Her father died when she was young, and she was forced to drop out of school and earn a living for herself and her mother... , George Barraud George Barraud -Selected filmography:* The Wolf Man * Bellamy Trial * Woman to Woman * Peacock Alley * The Return of Raffles * Great Expectations * Charlie Chan in London * Mystery Woman...	Drama
Would You Believe It!	Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ...	Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ... , Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...	Comedy	Originally a silent film, converted into sound.
The Wrecker The Wrecker (1928 film) The Wrecker is a 74 minute silent film made in 1928 . The film was based on the play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Gainsborough Pictures, directed by Hungarian Géza von Bolváry and starred Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker and Benita Hume. A...	Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...	Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he... , Benita Hume Benita Hume Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...	Crime

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