Burnt Wings
Encyclopedia
Burnt Wings is a 1916 British
silent
drama film
directed by Walter West
and starring Eve Balfour, Joseph Tozer
and Thomas H. MacDonald
. It was adapted from the 1909 novel Burnt Wings by Mrs Stanley Wrench. A woman decides to bring up a baby that her husband has had with his mistress.
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...
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 Walter West
Walter West (director)
Walter West was a British film director. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.-Broadwest:...
and starring Eve Balfour, Joseph Tozer
Joseph Tozer
-Selected filmography:* The Answer * The Merchant of Venice * Burnt Wings * The Old Wives' Tale * Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills * The Pointing Finger * The Greek Interpreter...
and Thomas H. MacDonald
Thomas H. MacDonald
Thomas H. MacDonald was a British stage and film actor.-Selected filmography:* The Woman Who Did * Jack Tar * Jane Shore * The Tailor of Bond Street * The Hard Way * Burnt Wings...
. It was adapted from the 1909 novel Burnt Wings by Mrs Stanley Wrench. A woman decides to bring up a baby that her husband has had with his mistress.
Cast
- Eve BalfourEve Balfour (actress)-Selected filmography:* The Woman Who Did * Jack Tar * Burnt Wings * Cynthia in the Wilderness * The Woman of the Iron Bracelets * The Scarlet Wooing * The Black Sheep * Fathoms...
- Margaret Dennis - Joseph TozerJoseph Tozer-Selected filmography:* The Answer * The Merchant of Venice * Burnt Wings * The Old Wives' Tale * Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills * The Pointing Finger * The Greek Interpreter...
- Paul Westlake - Thomas H. MacDonaldThomas H. MacDonaldThomas H. MacDonald was a British stage and film actor.-Selected filmography:* The Woman Who Did * Jack Tar * Jane Shore * The Tailor of Bond Street * The Hard Way * Burnt Wings...
- Frank Vane - Lily SaxbyLily Saxby-Selected filmography:* Traffic * Vice and Virtue * The Woman Who Did * Burnt Wings * The Hard Way...
- Lila Stebbing