Lights of London (1914 film)
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| Directed by | Bert Haldane |
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| Produced by | William G.B. Barker |
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| Distributed by | Magnet Film Exchange |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Lights of London is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Arthur Chesney, Phyllis Relph and Fred Paul. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama The Lights o' London by George Sims[1] and was made at Ealing Studios.[2] The play was again turned into a silent film in 1923.
The film is a thriller and melodrama in which a young man is sent to prison after being framed by his cousin and manages to escape to save his fiancée.[3]
The fim was produced by William G.B. Barker.[4]
The film had four reels.[5]
Cast
- Arthur Chesney as Harold Armytage
- Phyllis Relph as Hetty Preene
- Fred Paul as Clifford Armytage
- Thomas H. MacDonald
- J. Hastings Batson
- Roy Travers
- Rolf Leslie
References
- ^ Jakobs, Lydia (26 October 2021). Pictures of Poverty: The Works of George R. Sims and Their Screen Adaptations. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-86196-986-9.
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-74062-9.
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1973). The British film catalogue, 1895-1970 : a guide to entertainment films. Internet Archive. Newton Abbot : David and Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5572-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ AMY SARGEANT (2005). BRITISH CINEMA: A CRITICAL HISTORY. Internet Archive. BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE. ISBN 978-1-84457-066-9.
- ^ The Bioscope (1914). The Bioscope (March-June 1914). New York Public Library.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005.
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