The Winning Goal
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The Winning Goal is a 1920 British
silent
sports film directed by G.B. Samuelson and starring Harold Walden
, Maudie Dunham
and Tom Reynolds
. It was based on the play The Game
by Harold Brighouse
. It was set in Lancashire
against a backdrop of the fictional Association football team Blackton Rovers. The Chelsea
player Jack Cock
appeared as himself in the film.
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...
sports film directed by G.B. Samuelson and starring Harold Walden
Harold Walden
Harold Adrian Walden was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
, Maudie Dunham
Maudie Dunham
-Cast:* The Winning Goal * The Ugly Duckling * Love in the Wilderness * A Temporary Gentleman * All the Winners * The Magistrate * Mr. Pim Passes by * Sinister Street...
and Tom Reynolds
Tom Reynolds (actor)
-Selected filmography:* Onward Christian Soldiers * A Member of Tattersall's * The Right Element * Mrs. Thompson * The Winning Goal * Tilly of Bloomsbury * She * A Royal Divorce...
. It was based on the play The Game
The Game (play)
The Game is a play by Harold Brighouse, first published in 1920 as one of Three Lancashire Plays, the other two plays being The Northerners and Zack....
by Harold Brighouse
Harold Brighouse
Harold Brighouse was an English playwright and author whose best known play is Hobson's Choice. He was a prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Stanley Houghton, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists.-Early life:Harold Brighouse was born in Eccles, Salford, the...
. It was set in Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
against a backdrop of the fictional Association football team Blackton Rovers. The Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
player Jack Cock
Jack Cock
John Gilbert "Jack" Cock DCM MM was an English footballer who played for various English club sides as a striker. He also had the distinction of being the first Cornishman to play for the England national team, a decorated World War I soldier, and an actor...
appeared as himself in the film.
Cast
- Harold WaldenHarold WaldenHarold Adrian Walden was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
- Jack Metherill - Maudie DunhamMaudie Dunham-Cast:* The Winning Goal * The Ugly Duckling * Love in the Wilderness * A Temporary Gentleman * All the Winners * The Magistrate * Mr. Pim Passes by * Sinister Street...
- Elsie Whitworth - Tom ReynoldsTom Reynolds (actor)-Selected filmography:* Onward Christian Soldiers * A Member of Tattersall's * The Right Element * Mrs. Thompson * The Winning Goal * Tilly of Bloomsbury * She * A Royal Divorce...
- Uncle Edmond - Haidee WrightHaidee WrightHaidee Wright as Ada Wright was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. Came from a family of actors. Had a long career in the UK and the US much Broadway work with occasional parts in films. Her parents and many siblings were actors...
- Mrs. Whitworth - Jack CockJack CockJohn Gilbert "Jack" Cock DCM MM was an English footballer who played for various English club sides as a striker. He also had the distinction of being the first Cornishman to play for the England national team, a decorated World War I soldier, and an actor...
- Himself