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Without Benefit of Clergy

Without Benefit of Clergy

Overview
Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921
1921 in film
-Events:* February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres.*September 5 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holds a party in a San Francisco hotel to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount. A young actress, Virginia Rappe, becomes ill at the...

 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, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, crime and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves,...

 directed by James Young
James Young (director)
James Young , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 93 films between 1912 and 1928...

 and featuring Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...

. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, British India, he is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book , Kim , many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King ; and his poems, including...

.
  • Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier was an English film actor, who launched his career in the theatre stage in his native country and transferred to movies after moving to USA. His first film role was a poet in The Pursuit of the Phantom in 1914...

     - Pir Khan
  • Virginia Brown Faire - Ameera
  • Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...

     - Ahmed Khan
  • Percy Marmont
    Percy Marmont
    Percy Marmont was an English film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1916 and 1968. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel Lord Jim and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interest in the 1926 Paramount film...

  • Thomas Holding - Holden
  • Evelyn Selbie
    Evelyn Selbie
    Evelyn Selbie was a stage actress and performer in silent films who was born in Louisville, Kentucky. As a youth she was a side-saddle rider. She had a career which lasted twenty-five years on the stage. Evelyn began in Proctor's stock companies in New York after leaving her home. She acted in...

     - Ameera's mother
  • Ruth Cummings - Alice Sanders (as Ruth Sinclair)
  • Philippe De Lacy
    Philippe De Lacy
    Philippe De Lacy a.k.a. Philippe deLacy was a former silent film era child actor.-Early life:...

     - Tota (uncredited)
  • Otto Lederer
    Otto Lederer
    Otto Lederer was a Czech-born American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933.He was born in Prague, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. He was married to actress Gretchen Lederer...

     - Aghan (uncredited)
  • E.G.
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Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921
1921 in film
-Events:* February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres.*September 5 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holds a party in a San Francisco hotel to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount. A young actress, Virginia Rappe, becomes ill at the...

 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, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, crime and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves,...

 directed by James Young
James Young (director)
James Young , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 93 films between 1912 and 1928...

 and featuring Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...

. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, British India, he is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book , Kim , many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King ; and his poems, including...

.

Cast

  • Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier was an English film actor, who launched his career in the theatre stage in his native country and transferred to movies after moving to USA. His first film role was a poet in The Pursuit of the Phantom in 1914...

     - Pir Khan
  • Virginia Brown Faire - Ameera
  • Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff was a British actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. He is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein...

     - Ahmed Khan
  • Percy Marmont
    Percy Marmont
    Percy Marmont was an English film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1916 and 1968. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel Lord Jim and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interest in the 1926 Paramount film...

  • Thomas Holding - Holden
  • Evelyn Selbie
    Evelyn Selbie
    Evelyn Selbie was a stage actress and performer in silent films who was born in Louisville, Kentucky. As a youth she was a side-saddle rider. She had a career which lasted twenty-five years on the stage. Evelyn began in Proctor's stock companies in New York after leaving her home. She acted in...

     - Ameera's mother
  • Ruth Cummings - Alice Sanders (as Ruth Sinclair)
  • Philippe De Lacy
    Philippe De Lacy
    Philippe De Lacy a.k.a. Philippe deLacy was a former silent film era child actor.-Early life:...

     - Tota (uncredited)
  • Otto Lederer
    Otto Lederer
    Otto Lederer was a Czech-born American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933.He was born in Prague, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. He was married to actress Gretchen Lederer...

     - Aghan (uncredited)
  • E.G. Miller - Michael Devenish (uncredited)
  • Herbert Prior
    Herbert Prior
    Herbert Prior was an English silent film actor. He appeared in 268 films between 1908 and 1934.He was born in Oxford, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* After Many Years...

    - Hugh Sanders (uncredited)