The Brass Bottle (1914 film)
| The Brass Bottle | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sidney Morgan |
| Based on | The Brass Bottle by Thomas Anstey Guthrie |
| Produced by | Nicholas Ormsby-Scott |
| Distributed by | World Film Company |
Release date |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent film..(English intertitles) |
The Brass Bottle is a 1914 British-produced silent fantasy film based on Thomas Anstey Guthrie's 1900 novel of the same name. It was directed by Sidney Morgan. The film was a joint production between the British and Americans whereas it was produced by and has an all-British cast but was distributed by the American World Film Company.[1]
The film was remade in the United States by French director Maurice Tourneur in 1923 as The Brass Bottle. Both versions appear to be lost.
Cast
- E. Holman Clark - Fakrash-al-Amash
- Alfred Bishop - Professor Futvoye
- Doris Lytton - Sylvia Futvoye
- Lawrence Grossmith - Horace Ventmire
- Tom Mowbray - Samuel Wackerbath
- Joseph R. Tozer - King Solomon (*as J.R. Tozer)
- Mary Brough - Mrs. Futovye
- Vane Featherston -
- Rudge Harding -
- Molly Farrell -
Reviews
In the London Evening News the film was described as "artistic and very amusing".[2]
References
- ^ The Brass Bottle at silentera.com
- ^ London Evening News Newspaper Archives, 2 April 1914, p. 7, Retrieved 23 March 2025.