Her Benny
Encyclopedia
Her Benny is a 1920 British
silent
romance film
directed by A.V. Bramble
and starring Sydney Wood, Babs Reynolds and Charles Buckmaster. It was adapted from a novel by Silas Hocking
. It follows a young boy from Liverpool
as he grows up in a harsh environment.
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...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
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 starring Sydney Wood, Babs Reynolds and Charles Buckmaster. It was adapted from a novel by Silas Hocking
Silas Hocking
Silas Kitto Hocking was an Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth. In 1870 he was ordained as a minister...
. It follows a young boy from Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
as he grows up in a harsh environment.
Cast
- Sydney Wood ... Benny, as a child
- Babs Reynolds ... Nellie Bates
- Charles Buckmaster ... Benny Bates
- Peggy Patterson ... Eva Lawrence
- C. Hargrave Mansell ... Joe Wragg
- Lottie BlackfordLottie Blackford-Selected filmography:* Rock of Ages * Tilly of Bloomsbury * The School for Scandal * The Dawn of Truth * The Narrow Valley...
... Mrs. Wragg - Robert VallisRobert Vallis-Selected filmography:* A Son of David * Her Benny * Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills * General John Regan * A Gentleman of France * The Four Just Men * Squibs' Honeymoon...
... Dick Bates