Sally Bishop (1924 film)
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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
.
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...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by 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....
and starring 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...
and 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...
. It is an adaptation of the novel Sally Bishop, a Romance by E. Temple Thurston
E. Temple Thurston
Ernest Temple Thurston was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author. He was born in Halesworth, Suffolk, England, and his family moved to Cork when he was aged ten. In 1901 he married the popular novelist, Katherine Cecil Madden, . The marriage did not last and they separated in 1907 and were...
.
Cast
- Marie DoroMarie DoroMarie 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,...
- Sally Bishop - Henry AinleyHenry AinleyHenry 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...
- John Traill - Florence TurnerFlorence TurnerFlorence 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...
- Janet - Sydney FairbrotherSydney FairbrotherSydney 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...
- Landlady - ValiaValia-Selected filmography:* Shifting Sands * The Woman Who Obeyed * The Passionate Friends * A Gamble with Hearts * Sally Bishop...
- Miss Standish Rowe - A. Bromley DavenportA. Bromley DavenportArthur Henry Bromley-Davenport , better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK....
- Landlord - Mary DibleyMary 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...
- Miss Priestly - May Hanbury - Mrs Durlacher
- Stella St. Audrie - Mrs Bishop
- Humberston WrightHumberston WrightHumbertson 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...
- Judge - Dallas CairnsDallas Cairns-Selected filmography:* Guy Fawkes * The Royal Oak * The York Mystery * Rodney Fails to Qualify * Sally Bishop * Pearl of the South Seas...
- Mr Durlacher - George Turner - Arthur