Ernest Maltravers (1920 film)
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Ernest Maltravers is a 1920 British
silent
drama film
directed by Jack Denton
and starring Cowley Wright
, Lillian Hall-Davis
and Gordon Hopkirk
. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Ernest Maltravers by Edward Bulwer-Lytton which had previously been made into an American film Ernest Maltravers in 1914.
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 Jack Denton
Jack Denton
-Selected filmography:Actor* The World, the Flesh and the Devil * The Card * The York Mystery * Old Bill Through the Ages * The Notorious Mrs. Carrick Director* Barnaby...
and starring Cowley Wright
Cowley Wright
-Filmography:* The Rocks of Valpre * The Channings * Ernest Maltravers * Sybil -External links:...
, Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
and Gordon Hopkirk
Gordon Hopkirk
Gordon Hopkirk was a British actor of the silent era.Gordon Hopkirk was born in Jena, Germany to British parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in England, he came to the United States to appear in Hollywood films before returning to England. Hopkirk never...
. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Ernest Maltravers by Edward Bulwer-Lytton which had previously been made into an American film Ernest Maltravers in 1914.
Cast
- Cowley WrightCowley Wright-Filmography:* The Rocks of Valpre * The Channings * Ernest Maltravers * Sybil -External links:...
- Ernest Maltravers - Lillian Hall-DavisLillian Hall-DavisLillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
- Alice Darvil - Gordon HopkirkGordon HopkirkGordon Hopkirk was a British actor of the silent era.Gordon Hopkirk was born in Jena, Germany to British parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in England, he came to the United States to appear in Hollywood films before returning to England. Hopkirk never...
- George Legard - Norman Partridge - Luke Darvil
- George Bellamy - Mr Merton
- Florence Nelson - Mrs Merton
- Ernest A. DouglasErnest A. Douglas-Selected filmography:* Rock of Ages * Darby and Joan * The Call of the Road * Ernest Maltravers * The Persistent Lovers...
- Lord Vargrave - Stella Wood-Sims - Evelyn
- N. Watt-Phillips - Waters