Sybil (1921 film)
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Sybil is a 1921 British silent
drama film
directed by Jack Denton
and starring Evelyn Brent
, Cowley Wright
and Gordon Hopkirk
. It is an adaptation of the novel Sybil
by Benjamin Disraeli. A lost
film.
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...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jack Denton
Jack Denton
-Selected filmography:Actor* The World, the Flesh and the Devil * The Card * The York Mystery * Old Bill Through the Ages * The Notorious Mrs. Carrick Director* Barnaby...
and starring Evelyn Brent
Evelyn Brent
Evelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone...
, Cowley Wright
Cowley Wright
-Filmography:* The Rocks of Valpre * The Channings * Ernest Maltravers * Sybil -External links:...
and Gordon Hopkirk
Gordon Hopkirk
Gordon Hopkirk was a British actor of the silent era.Gordon Hopkirk was born in Jena, Germany to British parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in England, he came to the United States to appear in Hollywood films before returning to England. Hopkirk never...
. It is an adaptation of the novel Sybil
Sybil (novel)
Sybil, or The Two Nations is an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli. Published in the same year as Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Sybil traces the plight of the working classes of England...
by Benjamin Disraeli. A lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
film.
Cast
- Evelyn BrentEvelyn BrentEvelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone...
- Sybil Gerard - Cowley WrightCowley Wright-Filmography:* The Rocks of Valpre * The Channings * Ernest Maltravers * Sybil -External links:...
- Honorable Charles Egremont - Gordon HopkirkGordon HopkirkGordon Hopkirk was a British actor of the silent era.Gordon Hopkirk was born in Jena, Germany to British parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in England, he came to the United States to appear in Hollywood films before returning to England. Hopkirk never...
- Stephen Hatton - Harry Gilbey - James Hatton
- Philip D. Williams - James Marney
- William Burchill - Father