Brenda of the Barge
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Brenda of the Barge is a 1920 British
silent
romance film
directed by Arthur Rooke
and starring Marjorie Villis, James Knight
and Bernard Dudley.
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 Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...
and starring Marjorie Villis, James Knight
James Knight
James Knight was a director of the Hudson's Bay Company and an explorer who died in an expedition to the Northwest Passage....
and Bernard Dudley.
Cast
- Marjorie Villis as Brenda
- James KnightJames KnightJames Knight was a director of the Hudson's Bay Company and an explorer who died in an expedition to the Northwest Passage....
as Jim Walden - Bernard Dudley as Harry
- Blanche Stanley as Mary Brown
- Tom CoventryTom Coventry-Selected filmography:* A Fortune at Stake * The House of Peril * Paddy the Next Best Thing * Dixon's Return * Claude Duval * The Wonderful Wooing * The Squire of Long Hadley...
as Judd Brown - Rose Sharp as Mrs. Walden