The Harbour Lights (1914 film)
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The Harbour Lights is a 1914 British
silent
drama film
directed by Percy Nash
and starring Gerald Lawrence
, Mercy Hatton
and Daisy Cordell
. It is an adaptation of the Victorian melodramatic play The Harbour Lights by George R. Sims.
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 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...
and starring Gerald Lawrence
Gerald Lawrence
-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Romany Rye * A Bunch of Violets * The Glorious Adventure * The Iron Duke...
, 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...
and Daisy Cordell
Daisy Cordell
-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * The Coal King * Master and Man * The Romany Rye * Disraeli * The Life of a London Actress...
. It is an adaptation of the Victorian melodramatic play The Harbour Lights by George R. Sims.
Cast
- Gerald LawrenceGerald Lawrence-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Romany Rye * A Bunch of Violets * The Glorious Adventure * The Iron Duke...
- Lt David Kingsley - Mercy HattonMercy 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...
- Dora Vane - Daisy CordellDaisy Cordell-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * The Coal King * Master and Man * The Romany Rye * Disraeli * The Life of a London Actress...
- Lina Nelson - Fred MorganFred Morgan (actor)-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * The Land of Mystery * The Pride of the Fancy * The Breed of the Treshams * Colonel Newcome * Rodney Stone * Safety First...
- Nicholas Morland - Gregory ScottGregory Scott-Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * Lawyer Quince * The Answer * The Ware Case * Not Negotiable * A Great Coup * Trent's Last Case...
- Frank Morland - Douglas PayneDouglas Payne-Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Little Minister * The Romany Rye * Master and Man * Flying from Justice * Fine Feathers...
- Mark Helstone - 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...
- Peggy Chudleigh - John Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough East was a British stage and film actor. He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in Picturegoer magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player". He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood which is today the site of Elstree...
- Capt. Nelson - May Lynn - Mrs. Helstone
- Brian Daly - Tom Dossiter
- Bryan PowleyBryan Powley-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * The Old Curiosity Shop * Open Country * The Glorious Adventure * Moonlight Sonata * Strange Boarders * Old Mother Riley Joins Up...
- Capt. Hardy - Helen Lainsbury - Polly