Pillars of Society (film)
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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
.
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 Rex Wilson
Rex Wilson (director)
-Selected filmography:* Tom Brown's Schooldays * The Life of Lord Kitchener * Quinneys * Unmarried * Tilly of Bloomsbury * St. Elmo...
and starring 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...
and Mary Rorke
Mary Rorke
-Selected filmography:* The Marriage of William Ashe * The Second Mrs Tanqueray * Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor * The Right Element * Unmarried * Pillars of Society * The Starlit Garden...
. It was based on the 1877 play The Pillars of Society
The Pillars of Society
The Pillars of Society is an 1877 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen....
by Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
. Location shooting
Location shooting
Location shooting is the practice of filming in an actual setting rather than on a sound stage or back lot. In filmmaking a location is any place where a film crew will be filming actors and recording their dialog. A location where dialog is not recorded may be considered as a second unit...
was done in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
Cast
- Ellen TerryEllen TerryDame 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....
- Widow Bernick - Norman McKinnelNorman McKinnelNorman McKinnel was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death...
- John Halligan - Mary RorkeMary Rorke-Selected filmography:* The Marriage of William Ashe * The Second Mrs Tanqueray * Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor * The Right Element * Unmarried * Pillars of Society * The Starlit Garden...
- Mrs. Halligan - Joan LocktonJoan Lockton-Selected filmography:* The Disappearance of the Judge * Pillars of Society * Miss Charity * White Slippers * A Woman Redeemed * The King's Highway...
- Diana Dorf - Irene RookeIrene RookeIrene Rooke was an English theater and motion picture actress from Bridport, Dorset, England.-Stage Actress:She was the daughter of a prominent London, England journalist. Rooke left boarding school in 1896 and went directly on the stage. Unlike many novices, she achieved quick success as an...
- Martha Karsten - Lydia Hayward - Lena Hessel
- Charles Ashton - Dick Alward
- John Kelt - Parson Rogers
- Pamela Neville - Florence