The Laughing Cavalier (film)
Encyclopedia
The Laughing Cavalier is a 1917 British
silent
adventure film
directed by A.V. Bramble
and Eliot Stannard
and starring Mercy Hatton
, Edward O'Neill
and George Bellamy. It is an adaptation of the novel The Laughing Cavalier by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.
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...
adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
directed by A.V. Bramble
A.V. Bramble
Albert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...
and Eliot Stannard
Eliot Stannard
Eliot Stannard , was an English screenwriter. He wrote for 147 films between 1914 and 1933, including eight films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.-Selected filmography:* Hindle Wakes * Build Thy House...
and starring 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...
, Edward O'Neill
Edward O'Neill (actor)
-Selected filmography:* The Manxman * A Fortune at Stake * Darby and Joan * The Mirage * The Barton Mystery * General John Regan * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote...
and George Bellamy. It is an adaptation of the novel The Laughing Cavalier by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.
Cast
- 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...
- Gilda Beresteyn - George Bellamy - Lord Stoutenberg
- Edward O'NeillEdward O'Neill (actor)-Selected filmography:* The Manxman * A Fortune at Stake * Darby and Joan * The Mirage * The Barton Mystery * General John Regan * Guy Fawkes * Don Quixote...
- Governor Beresteyn - A.V. BrambleA.V. BrambleAlbert Victor Bramble was a British actor and film director. Bramble was born in Portsmouth, England in 1887. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913, and subsequently turned to directing and producing films...
- Diogenes - Frederick Sargent - Nicholas Beresteyn
- Eva Westlake - Lady Stoutenberg