The Pursuit of Pamela
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The Pursuit of Pamela is a 1920 British
silent
comedy
drama film
directed by Harold M. Shaw
and starring Edna Flugrath
, Templar Powell and Douglas Munro. Following her wedding a bride runs away from her much older husband and goes after a younger man who gone to the far east
. It was based on a play by C.B. Fernald.
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...
silent
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...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
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 Harold M. Shaw
Harold M. Shaw
-Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...
and starring Edna Flugrath
Edna Flugrath
Edna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been...
, Templar Powell and Douglas Munro. Following her wedding a bride runs away from her much older husband and goes after a younger man who gone to the far east
Far East
The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...
. It was based on a play by C.B. Fernald.
Cast
- Edna FlugrathEdna FlugrathEdna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been...
- Pamela Dodder - Templar Powell - Allan Graeme
- Douglas Munro - John Dodder
- Ada Palmer - Miss Astby
- Hubert WillisHubert WillisHubert Willis was a British actor. He was best known for his recurring role as Doctor Watson in a series of silent Sherlock Holmes films co-starring with Ellie Norwood.-Selected filmography:* The Manxman * The Manchester Man...
- Peter Dodder - Wyndham GuiseWyndham Guise-Selected filmography:* The House of Temperley * The Bosun's Mate * Trilby * She Stoops to Conquer * The Firm of Girdlestone * Sally in our Alley * Dr. Wake's Patient * Tom Jones...
- Scot McVelie - Ma Fue - Fah Nin