Greatheart (film)
Encyclopedia
Greatheart is a 1921 British
silent
drama film
directed by George Ridgwell
and starring Cecil Humphreys
, Madge Stuart
and Ernest Benham. It was based on the 1912 novel Greatheart
by Ethel M. Dell
.
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 George Ridgwell
George Ridgwell
George Ridgwell was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His...
and starring Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys
-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck...
, Madge Stuart
Madge Stuart
-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...
and Ernest Benham. It was based on the 1912 novel Greatheart
Greatheart (novel)
Greatheart is a romance novel by the British writer Ethel M. Dell which was first published in 1912.-Adaptation:In 1921 the novel was adapted into a silent film Greatheart directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Humphreys and Madge Stuart....
by Ethel M. Dell
Ethel M. Dell
Ethel May Dell or Ethel Mary Dell was an English writer of popular romance novels.-Overview:Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family...
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Cast
- Cecil HumphreysCecil Humphreys-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck...
as Eustace Studley - Madge StuartMadge Stuart-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...
as Diana Bathurst - Ernest Benham as Sir Scott Studley
- Olive SloaneOlive SloaneOlive Sloane was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death...
as Rose de Vigne - William Farris as Guy Bathurst
- Norma WhalleyNorma Whalley-Biography:Whalley was the daughter of Henry Octavius Whalley, a doctor working in Australia.During the late 1890s she toured South Africa, meeting Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic soon after the Jameson Raid.In 1901 she was married to J...
as Isobel Evrard - Winifred EvansWinifred EvansWinifred Evans was a British actress. In 1921 she appeared as a Germany spy in the controversial film How Kitchener Was Betrayed which was ultimately banned.-Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Lady Clare...
as Lady Grace de Vigne - Paulette del Baye as Mrs. Bathurst
- Teddy ArundellTeddy Arundell-Selected filmography:* Nelson * Mr. Wu * The Elusive Pimpernel * The Amateur Gentleman * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * General John Regan...
as Colonel de Vigne