The Faithful Heart (1922 film)
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The Faithful Heart is a 1922 British
drama film
directed by Fred Paul
and starring Owen Nares
, Lillian Hall-Davis
and Cathleen Nesbitt
. It was an adaptation of the play The Faithful Heart
by Monckton Hoffe
.
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...
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 Fred Paul
Fred Paul
Fred Paul was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and directors in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.-Selected filmography:Director* The...
and starring Owen Nares
Owen Nares
Owen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star...
, Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
and Cathleen Nesbitt
Cathleen Nesbitt
Cathleen Mary Nesbitt, CBE was an English stage and film actress.-Biography:Born in Cheshire, England in 1888, of Welsh and Irish descent, Nesbitt was educated in Lisieux, France, and at the Queen's University of Belfast and the Sorbonne...
. It was an adaptation of the play The Faithful Heart
The Faithful Heart (play)
-Adaptations:The play has been adapted on three occasions. In 1922 it was made into a silent film The Faithful Heart starring Lillian Hall-Davis. In 1933 a sound version The Faithful Heart was made. The play was adapted for television in 1950 by the BBC for an episode of the BBC Sunday-Night...
by Monckton Hoffe
Monckton Hoffe
Monckton Hoffe was an Irish playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Connemara on 26 December 1880.-Selected plays:* The Faithful Heart* Hate Ship* Flame of Love'* Many Waters* The Little Damozel-Selected Screenplays:...
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Cast
- Owen NaresOwen NaresOwen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star...
- Waverley Ango - Lillian Hall-DavisLillian Hall-DavisLillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
- Blackie Anderway - Cathleen NesbittCathleen NesbittCathleen Mary Nesbitt, CBE was an English stage and film actress.-Biography:Born in Cheshire, England in 1888, of Welsh and Irish descent, Nesbitt was educated in Lisieux, France, and at the Queen's University of Belfast and the Sorbonne...
- Diana Oughterson - A.B. ImesonA.B. Imeson-Filmography:His first role was playing Satan in the silent film The Picture of Dorian Gray .*Bonnie Prince Charlie * The Virgin Queen * The White Shadow * The Notorious Mrs. Carrick -Portrait:...
- Major Lestrade - Ruth MaitlandRuth Maitland-Selected filmography:* The Faithful Heart * The Farmer's Wife * Bed and Breakfast * Aren't Men Beasts! * At the Villa Rose * The Second Mr. Bush * It Happened to One Man...
- Mrs Gattiscombe - Cyril RaymondCyril RaymondCyril William North Raymond MBE was a British character actor....
- Albert Oughterson - Victor Tandy - Sergeant Brabazon
- Charles Thursby - Captain Ralkjam