The Harbour Lights (1923 film)
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The Harbour Lights is a 1923 British silent drama film
directed by Tom Terriss
and starring Tom Moore, Isobel Elsom
and Gerald McCarthy. It was based on a popular Victorian melodramatic play The Harbour Lights by George R. Sims which had previously been made into a film
in 1914.
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 Tom Terriss
Tom Terriss
Tom Terriss was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of Ellaline Terriss and William Terriss.-Selected filmography:* The Mystery of Edwin Drood * The Spark Divine * Captain Swift...
and starring Tom Moore, Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...
and Gerald McCarthy. It was based on a popular Victorian melodramatic play The Harbour Lights by George R. Sims which had previously been made into a film
The Harbour Lights (1914 film)
The Harbour Lights is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Gerald Lawrence, Mercy Hatton and Daisy Cordell. It is an adaptation of the Victorian melodramatic play The Harbour Lights by George R...
in 1914.
Cast
- Tom Moore ... Lieutenant David Kingsley
- Isobel ElsomIsobel ElsomIsobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...
... Dora Nelson - Gerald McCarthy ... Frank Morland
- Gibson GowlandGibson GowlandGibson Gowland was an English film actor.Early sources had his birth place place as Newcastle. He started work as a sailor and later became mate of a ship...
... Mark Helstone - Annette BensonAnnette Benson-Selected filmography:* Love at the Wheel * Squibs * Three Live Ghosts * Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep * The Harbour Lights * Downhill * Shooting Stars * A South Sea Bubble...
... Lina Nelson - 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:...
... Inspector Wood - Percy StandingPercy StandingPercy Standing was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was the son of Herbert Standing...
... Nicholson - Mary RorkeMary Rorke-Selected filmography:* The Marriage of William Ashe * The Second Mrs Tanqueray * Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor * The Right Element * Unmarried * Pillars of Society * The Starlit Garden...
... Mrs. Helstone - 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...
... Old Tom - Gordon Begg ... Captain Nelson