Livingstone (film)
Encyclopedia
Livingstone is a 1925 British
silent
biographical film
directed by
M.A. Wetherell
and starring Wetherell, Molly Rogers and Henry Walton. It depicts the life of the African missionary
David Livingstone
including his efforts to end slavery and bring education in Africa and his celebrated meeting with Henry Morton Stanley
.
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...
biographical film
Biographical film
A biographical film, or biopic , is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their...
directed by
M.A. Wetherell
M.A. Wetherell
-Selected filmography:Actor* Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart * Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe...
and starring Wetherell, Molly Rogers and Henry Walton. It depicts the life of the African missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
David Livingstone
David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
including his efforts to end slavery and bring education in Africa and his celebrated meeting with Henry Morton Stanley
Henry Morton Stanley
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB, born John Rowlands , was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley allegedly uttered the now-famous greeting, "Dr...
.
Cast
- M.A. WetherellM.A. Wetherell-Selected filmography:Actor* Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart * Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe...
- David Livingstone - Molly Rogers - Mary Moffatt
- Henry Walton - H.M. Stanley
- Reginald FoxReginald Fox-Selected filmography:* Daniel Deronda * The Kensington Mystery * Livingstone * Robinson Crusoe * Troublesome Wives * The American Prisoner * The Compulsory Husband...
- Gordon Bennett - Douglas Cator - Robert Moffatt
- Simeon StuartSimeon Stuart-Cast:* The Lady Clare * The Face at the Window * A Gipsy Cavlier * Paddy the Next Best Thing * The Temptation of Carlton Earle * Réveille * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone...
- Neil Livingstone - Blanche Graham - Queen Victoria
- Douglas Peirce - Livingstone, as a child