Owd Bob (1924 film)
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Owd Bob is a 1924 British
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...

 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 Henry Edwards
Henry Edwards (actor)
Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...

 and starring J. Fisher White, Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes
rightRalph Forbes was an English actor in the American cinema. He was also a noted stage actor....

 and James Carew
James Carew
James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...

. It is based on the novel Bob, Son of Battle
Bob, Son of Battle
Bob, Son of Battle is a children's classic written by English author Alfred Ollivant. It was published in 1898, and went on to become a popular children's book both in the United Kingdom and the United States even though most of the dialogue in the book was written in the Cumbrian dialect.-The...

by Alfred Ollivant
Alfred Ollivant
Alfred Ollivant was an academic who went on to become bishop of Llandaff.Born in Manchester, he was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He won the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship in 1822 and was elected to a fellowship at Trinity College. In 1827, he was appointed the first...

.

Cast

  • J. Fisher White - Adam McAdam
  • Ralph Forbes
    Ralph Forbes
    rightRalph Forbes was an English actor in the American cinema. He was also a noted stage actor....

     - Davie McAdam
  • James Carew
    James Carew
    James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...

     - James Moore
  • Yvonne Thomas
    Yvonne Thomas
    Yvonne Thomas was an American abstract artist.-Life:She immigrated to the United States in 1925, and studied at The Cooper Union, and the Art Students League...

     - Maggie Moore
  • Frank Stanmore
    Frank Stanmore
    Frank Stanmore was an English film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1914 and 1938.He was born in London and died in Gravesend, Kent.-Selected filmography:* Love's Boomerang...

     - Jim Burton
  • Grace Lane - Mrs. Moore
  • Robert English
    Robert English (actor)
    Robert English was a British actor born 2nd December 1878.Robert English was born in Cheltenham, Gloucester, England, UK. He served in the South African War and also in World War I. He held the D.S.O. and Croix de Guerre and retired as Lieutenant Colonel, which helped him play military roles in a...

     - Squire
  • John Marlborough East
    John Marlborough East
    John Marlborough East was a British stage and film actor. He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in Picturegoer magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player". He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood which is today the site of Elstree...

    - Shepherd
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