Lady Audley's Secret (1920 film)
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Lady Audley's Secret is a 1920 British
silent
drama film
directed by Jack Denton
and starring Margaret Bannerman
, Manning Haynes
and Betty Farquhar. A woman marries a man then murders him. It was an adaptation of the 1862 novel Lady Audley's Secret
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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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 Jack Denton
Jack Denton
-Selected filmography:Actor* The World, the Flesh and the Devil * The Card * The York Mystery * Old Bill Through the Ages * The Notorious Mrs. Carrick Director* Barnaby...
and starring Margaret Bannerman
Margaret Bannerman
-Selected filmography:* The Gay Lord Quex * Hindle Wakes * Lady Audley's Secret * Over the Garden Wall * Royal Cavalcade * Cluny Brown -External links:...
, Manning Haynes
Manning Haynes
Manning Haynes was a British film director.Manning Haynes’ film career as an actor began in 1918's Lead Kindly Light. Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s...
and Betty Farquhar. A woman marries a man then murders him. It was an adaptation of the 1862 novel Lady Audley's Secret
Lady Audley's Secret
Lady Audley's Secret is a sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon published in 1862. It was Braddon's most successful and well known novel. Critic John Sutherland described the work as "the most sensationally successful of all the sensation novels." The plot centers on "accidental bigamy" which...
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.-Life:...
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Cast
- Margaret BannermanMargaret Bannerman-Selected filmography:* The Gay Lord Quex * Hindle Wakes * Lady Audley's Secret * Over the Garden Wall * Royal Cavalcade * Cluny Brown -External links:...
- Lady Audley - Manning HaynesManning HaynesManning Haynes was a British film director.Manning Haynes’ film career as an actor began in 1918's Lead Kindly Light. Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s...
- Robert Audley - Betty Farquhar - Alysia Audley
- Randolph McLeod - Captain George Talboys
- Wallace BoscoWallace Bosco-Selected filmography:* Won by a Head * The School for Scandal * The Kensington Mystery * Old Bill Through the Ages * Quinneys * Balaclava * The Man Who Changed His Name...
- Luke Marks - Berenice Melford - Phoebe
- Hubert WillisHubert WillisHubert Willis was a British actor. He was best known for his recurring role as Doctor Watson in a series of silent Sherlock Holmes films co-starring with Ellie Norwood.-Selected filmography:* The Manxman * The Manchester Man...
- Sir Michael Audley - William Burchill - Captain Malden
- Ida Millais - Mrs Plowson