False Evidence (film)
Encyclopedia
False Evidence is a 1922 British
silent
drama film
directed by Harold M. Shaw
and starring Edna Flugrath
, Cecil Humphreys
and Teddy Arundell
. It was adapted from a novel by Phillips Oppenheim.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by 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...
and starring 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...
, 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...
and 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...
. It was adapted from a novel by Phillips Oppenheim.
Cast
- Edna Flugrath - Maude Deveraux
- Cecil HumphreysCecil 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...
- Rupert Deveraux - Teddy ArundellTeddy Arundell-Selected filmography:* Nelson * Mr. Wu * The Elusive Pimpernel * The Amateur Gentleman * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * General John Regan...
- Hilton - E. Holman Clark - Sir Frances Arbuthnot
- Frank PetleyFrank Petley-Selected filmography:* The Chance of a Lifetime * Ye Wooing of Peggy * The Silver Greyhound * The Iron Stair * My Lord Conceit * The Golden Dawn -External links:...
- Herbert Arbuthnot - Eric Lugg - Hugh Arbuthnot
- Constance Rayner - Marian Arbuthnot