The Experiment (1922 film)
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The Experiment is a 1922 silent
British drama film
directed by Sinclair Hill
and starring Evelyn Brent
. The film is considered to be lost
.
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...
British 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 Sinclair Hill
Sinclair Hill
Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...
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...
. The film is considered to be 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...
.
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...
as Doris Fielding - Clive Brook as Vivian Caryll
- Templar Powell as Maj. Maurice Brandon
- Norma WhalleyNorma Whalley-Biography:Whalley was the daughter of Henry Octavius Whalley, a doctor working in Australia.During the late 1890s she toured South Africa, meeting Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic soon after the Jameson Raid.In 1901 she was married to J...
as Mrs. Lockyard - Charles Croker-KingCharles Croker-King-Selected filmography:* The Tavern Knight * A Question of Trust * The Four Just Men * The Priory School * One Exciting Night * The Experiment * The White Angel...
as Philip Abingdon (as C. H. Croker-King) - Cecil Kerr as Fricker
- Laura Walker as The Nurse
- Hilda Sims as Vera Abingdon