Nell Gwyn (1926 film)
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Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British
romance film
directed by Herbert Wilcox
and starring Dorothy Gish
, Randle Ayrton
and Juliette Compton
. It was based on the novel Mistress Nell Gwynne by Joseph Shearing and follows the life of Nell Gwynne the mistress of Charles II
. Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934 Nell Gwynn which starred Anna Neagle
.
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...
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 Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...
and starring Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:...
, Randle Ayrton
Randle Ayrton
Randle Ayrton was a British actor, producer and director.-Career:Ayrton was educated at the King's School in Chester and Geneva University. In 1890 he made his stage debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London and has been successful on stage in London and in America into the late 1930s...
and Juliette Compton
Juliette Compton
Juliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941....
. It was based on the novel Mistress Nell Gwynne by Joseph Shearing and follows the life of Nell Gwynne the mistress of Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
. Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934 Nell Gwynn which starred Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle
Forming a professional alliance with Wilcox, Neagle played her first starring film role in the musical Goodnight Vienna , again with Jack Buchanan. With this film Neagle became an overnight favourite...
.
Cast
- Dorothy GishDorothy GishDorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:...
- Nell Gwyn - Randle AyrtonRandle AyrtonRandle Ayrton was a British actor, producer and director.-Career:Ayrton was educated at the King's School in Chester and Geneva University. In 1890 he made his stage debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London and has been successful on stage in London and in America into the late 1930s...
- Charles II - Juliette ComptonJuliette ComptonJuliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941....
- Lady Castlemaine - Sydney FairbrotherSydney FairbrotherSydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London, UK, she was educated at Blackpool, UK and Bonn in Germany. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them...
- Mrs. Gwyn - Donald Macardle - Duke of Monmouth
- Johnny ButtJohnny Butt-Selected filmography:* Far from the Madding Crowd * Lawyer Quince * Nell Gwyn * Second to None * Passion Island * The Last Post * The Clue of the New Pin -External links:...
- Samuel Pepys - Gibb McLaughlinGibb McLaughlinGibb McLaughlin was an English film actor. He appeared in 118 films between 1921 and 1959. He was born in Sunderland, England and died in London, England.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London...
- Duke of York - Judd GreenJudd GreenJudd Green was a British film actor of the silent era. He was sometimes credited as R. Judd Green. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.-Selected filmography:* Thelma...
- Toby Clinker - Edward Sorley - Dickon
- Forrester HarveyForrester HarveyForrester Harvey was an Irish-born film actor. He appeared in 117 films between 1922 and 1946, including two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.He was born in County Cork, Ireland and died in Laguna Beach, California....
- Charles Hart - Fred Rains - Earl of Shaftesbury
- Rolf Leslie - Evelyn
- Aubrey FitzgeraldAubrey Fitzgerald-Selected filmography:* The Last Witness * The King's Highway * Good Night, Vienna * Discord * The Little Damozel * Peg of Old Drury * When Knights Were Bold * Song of the Forge...
- Tom Killigrew - Tom CoventryTom Coventry-Selected filmography:* A Fortune at Stake * The House of Peril * Paddy the Next Best Thing * Dixon's Return * Claude Duval * The Wonderful Wooing * The Squire of Long Hadley...
- Innkeeper - Booth Conway - Messenger
- Dorinea ShirleyDorinea Shirley-Selected filmography:* Greywater Park * Claude Duval * Nell Gwyn * Motherland * Afterwards * Zero -External links:...
- Maid