Sweeney Todd (1928 film)
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Sweeney Todd is a 1928 British
thriller film directed by Walter West
and starring Moore Marriott
, Zoe Palmer and Iris Darbyshire. It was adapted from a play by George Dibdin-Pitt based on the legend of Sweeney Todd
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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...
thriller film directed by Walter West
Walter West (director)
Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...
and starring Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
, Zoe Palmer and Iris Darbyshire. It was adapted from a play by George Dibdin-Pitt based on the legend of Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as then antagonist of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls and he was later introduced as an antihero in the broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and its film adaptation...
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Cast
- Moore MarriottMoore MarriottMoore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
- Sweeney ToddSweeney ToddSweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as then antagonist of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls and he was later introduced as an antihero in the broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and its film adaptation... - Iris Darbyshire - Amelia LovettMrs. LovettMrs. Lovett is a fictional character appearing in many adaptations of the story Sweeney Todd. She is most commonly referred to as Nellie, although Margery, Maggie, Sarah, Shirley, Wilhemina and Claudetta are other names she has been given. First appearing in the penny dreadful serial The String of...
- 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...
- Simon Podge - Charles Ashton - Mark Ingestre
- Zoe Palmer - JohannaJohanna BarkerJohanna is a fictional character appearing in the story of Sweeney Todd. In the original version of the tale, the penny dreadful The String of Pearls , her name is Johanna Oakley and she is no relation of Todd...
- Philip HewlandPhilip Hewland-Selected filmography:* The Manxman * Lady Tetley's Decree * The Guns of Loos * Glamour * The Sleeping Cardinal * The Missing Rembrandt * Murder by Rope...
- Ben Wagstaffe - Harry LorraineHarry LorraineHarry Lorraine was an English silent film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1913 and 1930.He was born in Brighton, and died in Astoria, New York.-Selected filmography:* Who's Boss?...
- Mick Todd - Brian Glenny - Tobias WraggTobias RaggTobias "Toby" Ragg is a fictional character who appears in various adaptations of the story Sweeney Todd.In the penny dreadful The String of Pearls, Tobias Ragg is in a madhouse, driven mad by Sweeney Todd, a barber who murdered his customers....