A Cornish Romance
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A Cornish Romance is a 1912 British
silent
romance film
directed by Sydney Northcote
and starring Wallett Waller, Dorothy Foster
and O'Neil Farrell.
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...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Sydney Northcote
Sydney Northcote
Sydney NorthcoteSydney Northcote was a British musician, writer, editor, composer, arranger, adjudicator and administrator. He was born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales in 1897. He attended Lewis School, Pengam and later studied at the Royal College of Music in London. He took the Oxford B.Mus...
and starring Wallett Waller, Dorothy Foster
Dorothy Foster
-Selected filmography:* Hamlet * The Gentleman Ranker * The Fishergirl of Cornwall * A Cornish Romance * Lieutenant Daring and the Labour Riots...
and O'Neil Farrell.
Cast
- Wallett Waller - Sir Ralph Chetwynd
- Dorothy FosterDorothy Foster-Selected filmography:* Hamlet * The Gentleman Ranker * The Fishergirl of Cornwall * A Cornish Romance * Lieutenant Daring and the Labour Riots...
- Sybilla Chetwynd - O'Neil Farrell - Jules Marx
- Sydney NorthcoteSydney NorthcoteSydney NorthcoteSydney Northcote was a British musician, writer, editor, composer, arranger, adjudicator and administrator. He was born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales in 1897. He attended Lewis School, Pengam and later studied at the Royal College of Music in London. He took the Oxford B.Mus...
- Dark Davey - Ruth Sampson - Miss Barton
- Fred Percy