London Love
Encyclopedia
London Love is a 1926 British
silent
drama film
directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Fay Compton
, John Stuart
and Miles Mander
. Ir was an adaptation of the novel Whirlpool by Arthur Applin. A young woman becomes a film star in order to raise enough money to pay for her boyfriend's legal defence in a murder trial.
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 H. Manning Haynes and starring Fay Compton
Fay Compton
Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...
, John Stuart
John Stuart (actor)
John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....
and Miles Mander
Miles Mander
Miles Mander , born Lionel Henry Mander , was a well-known and versatile English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.-Early life:Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick Manor, of the prominent...
. Ir was an adaptation of the novel Whirlpool by Arthur Applin. A young woman becomes a film star in order to raise enough money to pay for her boyfriend's legal defence in a murder trial.
Cast
- Fay Compton - Sally Hope
- John StuartJohn Stuart (actor)John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....
- Harry Raymond - Miles ManderMiles ManderMiles Mander , born Lionel Henry Mander , was a well-known and versatile English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.-Early life:Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick Manor, of the prominent...
- Sir James Daring - Moore MarriottMoore MarriottMoore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
- Aaron Levinsky - A.B. ImesonA.B. Imeson-Filmography:His first role was playing Satan in the silent film The Picture of Dorian Gray .*Bonnie Prince Charlie * The Virgin Queen * The White Shadow * The Notorious Mrs. Carrick -Portrait:...
- Henry Worlock - Humberston WrightHumberston WrightHumbertson Wright was a British film actor. He is sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright.-Selected filmography:* Thelma * God's Clay * The Garden of Resurrection * Henry, King of Navarre...
- Sir Philip Brown - Leal Douglas - Mrs. Hope
- Arthur WalcottArthur Walcott-Selected filmography:* The Woman Wins * Not Negotiable * Unmarried * The Other Person * The Loudwater Mystery * The Uninvited Guest * The Lady Owner * Shadow of Egypt...
- Bersault - Grace Vicat - Mrs. James
- Laura Walker - Anna