Miss Charity
Encyclopedia
Miss Charity is a 1921 British
silent
romance film
directed by Edwin J. Collins
and starring Margery Meadows, Dick Webb
and Joan Lockton
. It was based on a novel by Keble Howard.
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 Edwin J. Collins
Edwin J. Collins
-Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...
and starring Margery Meadows, Dick Webb
Dick Webb
-Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar...
and Joan Lockton
Joan Lockton
-Selected filmography:* The Disappearance of the Judge * Pillars of Society * Miss Charity * White Slippers * A Woman Redeemed * The King's Highway...
. It was based on a novel by Keble Howard.
Cast
- Margery Meadows ... Charity Couchman
- Dick WebbDick Webb-Selected filmography:* Kent, the Fighting Man * The Channings * Miss Charity * The Croxley Master * The Scarlet Letter * Young Lochinvar...
... John Coghill - Joan LocktonJoan Lockton-Selected filmography:* The Disappearance of the Judge * Pillars of Society * Miss Charity * White Slippers * A Woman Redeemed * The King's Highway...
... Philippe - Ralph Forster ... Reverend Couchman
- James ReadJames ReadJames Christopher Read is an American actor, best known for his role of George Hazard in the North and South television miniseries.-Early life:...
... Crazy Jim