The Croxley Master
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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.
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 Dick Webb
Dick Webb
-Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar...
, Dora Lennox and Jack Stanley. It was based on a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...
. 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
- Dick WebbDick Webb-Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar...
... Robert Montgomery - Dora Lennox ... Dorothy Oldacre
- Jack Stanley ... Silas Craggs
- Joan RitzJoan 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...
... Anastasia Craggs - Cecil Morton YorkCecil Morton York-Selected filmography:* Beau Brocade * The Autumn of Pride * Trapped by the Mormons * A Sister to Assist 'Er * A Gamble with Hearts * Lights of London * The Uninvited Guest...
... Doctor Oldacre - Louis Rihll ... Mr. Grain
- Mabel Penn ... Mrs. Oldacre
- J.T. MacMillan ... Mr. Purvis
- George Turner ... Mr. Fawcett
- Ernest WallaceErnest WallaceErnest Wallace was an historian of Texas, the American West and the southern Great Plains, who was affiliated with Texas Tech University in Lubbock.-Historical works:...
... Mr. Wilson