The Vortex (film)
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The Vortex is a 1928 British
drama film
directed by Adrian Brunel
and starring Ivor Novello
, Willette Kershaw
and Frances Doble. It was an adaptation of the Noel Coward
play The Vortex
and was made by Gainsborough Studios.
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 Adrian Brunel
Adrian Brunel
Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s...
and starring Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello
David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...
, Willette Kershaw
Willette Kershaw
Willette Kershaw was a Broadway stage actress and later silent film actress. Her younger sister was actress Elinor Kershaw who later married Thomas Ince.-Filmography:*Men *Cecilia of the Pink Roses...
and Frances Doble. It was an adaptation of the Noel Coward
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
play The Vortex
The Vortex
The Vortex is a play by the English writer and actor Noël Coward. The story focuses on sexual vanity and drug abuse among the upper classes. The play was Coward's first great commercial success....
and was made by Gainsborough Studios.
Cast
- Ivor NovelloIvor NovelloDavid Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...
- Nicky Lancaster - Willette KershawWillette KershawWillette Kershaw was a Broadway stage actress and later silent film actress. Her younger sister was actress Elinor Kershaw who later married Thomas Ince.-Filmography:*Men *Cecilia of the Pink Roses...
- Florence Lancaster - Frances Doble - Bunty Mainwaring
- Alan Hollis - Tom Veryan
- Simeon StuartSimeon Stuart-Cast:* The Lady Clare * The Face at the Window * A Gipsy Cavlier * Paddy the Next Best Thing * The Temptation of Carlton Earle * Réveille * Women and Diamonds * Livingstone...
- David Lancaster - Kinsey Peile - Pouncefort Quentin
- Julie SuedoJulie Suedo-Selected filmography:* One Colombo Night * The Triumph of the Rat * One of the Best * Two Little Drummer Boys * A Window in Piccadilly * Afterwards * The White Sheikh...
- Anna Vollof - Dorothy Fane - Helen Saville