From Shopgirl to Duchess
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From Shopgirl to Duchess is a 1915 British
silent
drama film
directed by Maurice Elvey
and starring A.V. Bramble
, Gertrude Evans and Fred Groves
.
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 Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....
and starring 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...
, Gertrude Evans and Fred Groves
Fred Groves
Frederick Groves was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966....
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Cast
- A.V. Bramble - Gilbert Spate
- Gertrude Evans - Lady Delamere
- Fred GrovesFred GrovesFrederick Groves was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966....
- Duke of St. Baynum - M. Gray MurrayM. Gray Murray-Selected filmography:* Jobson's Luck * The Troubles of an Heiress * The Life of Shakespeare * Her Luck in London * The Four Feathers * A Woman of No Importance * Sonia...
- Lard Camperdown - Pauline PetersPauline Peters-Selected filmography:* Trent's Last Case * The Loudwater Mystery * The Mayor of Casterbridge * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Deadlock...
- Girl - Elisabeth RisdonElisabeth RisdonElisabeth Risdon was an English film actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952. An attractive beauty in her youth she usually played in society parts...
- Sylvia Gray - Hilda Sims - Gertrude Haynes
- Dolly Tree - Tilly
- Jack WebsterJack WebsterJohn Edgar "Jack" Webster, CM was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, radio and television personality.-Life in the United Kingdom:...