Milestones (film)
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Milestones is a 1916
British silent
drama film
directed by Thomas Bentley
. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive
, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute
's "75 Most Wanted
" lost films.
1916 in film
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
British 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 Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...
. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive
BFI National Archive
The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was originally set up as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren. In 1955 its name became the National Film Archive, and in 1992, the...
, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
's "75 Most Wanted
BFI 75 Most Wanted
The BFI 75 Most Wanted is a list compiled by the British Film Institute of their most sought-after British feature films not currently held in the BFI National Archive, and classified as "missing, believed lost". The films chosen range from quota quickies and B-movies to lavish prestige...
" lost films.
Cast
- Isobel ElsomIsobel ElsomIsobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...
- Lady Monkhurst - Owen NaresOwen NaresOwen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star...
- Lord Monkhurst - Campbell GullanCampbell Gullan-Selected filmography:* Far from the Madding Crowd * A Welsh Singer * Doorsteps * The Right Element * A Member of Tattersall's * At the Mercy of Tiberius * Tilly of Bloomsbury...
- Sir John Rhead - Minna GreyMinna Grey-Selected filmography:* The Second Mrs. Tanqueray * The Manxman * Onward Christian Soldiers * Mrs. Thompson * If Four Walls Told * The York Mystery * Somebody's Darling...
- Gertrude Rhead - Mary Lincoln - Rose Sibley
- Hubert HarbenHubert HarbenHubert Harben was a British film actor. He was married to the actress Mary Jerrold and father of celebrity chef Philip Harben.-Selected filmography:* Every Mother's Son * Tell England * Fires of Fate...
- Sam Sibley - Esme HubbardEsme Hubbard-Selected filmography:* His Dearest Possession * The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss * Dollars in Surrey * Simple Simon * Mist in the Valley...
- Nancy Sibley - Cecil Morton YorkCecil Morton York-Selected filmography:* Beau Brocade * The Autumn of Pride * Trapped by the Mormons * A Sister to Assist 'Er * A Gamble with Hearts * Lights of London * The Uninvited Guest...
- Joseph Sibley - Roy TraversRoy Travers-Selected filmography:* The Man Who Bought London * A Romance of Old Baghdad * The House of Peril * The Hypocrites * Q Ships * Romany Love * Kiss Me Sergeant -External links:...
- Arthur Preece - Lionel d'AragonLionel d'Aragon-Selected filmography:* Guy Fawkes * Lily of the Alley * Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight * The Virgin Queen * Mist in the Valley...
- Andrew MacLean - Herbert Daniel - Richard Sibley
- Ernest A. Graham - Ned Pym
- Winifred Delavente - Honorable Muriel Pym
- Molly Hamley-Clifford - Mrs. Rhead