St. Elmo (1923 British film)
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St. Elmo is a 1923 British
silent
drama film
directed by Rex Wilson
and starring Shayle Gardner
, Gabrielle Gilroy and Madge Tree
. It was an adaptation of the 1866 novel St. Elmo by Augusta Jane Evans
. An American adaptation St. Elmo
was released the same year.
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 Rex Wilson
Rex Wilson (director)
-Selected filmography:* Tom Brown's Schooldays * The Life of Lord Kitchener * Quinneys * Unmarried * Tilly of Bloomsbury * St. Elmo...
and starring Shayle Gardner
Shayle Gardner
-Selected filmography:* St. Elmo * The Chinese Bungalow * The Three Passions * Three Live Ghosts * Disraeli * The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu * The Lodger * The Love Test...
, Gabrielle Gilroy and Madge Tree
Madge Tree
-Selected filmography:* What Every Woman Knows * The Garden of Resurrection * The Silver Bridge * Won by a Head * The House of Peril * The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax...
. It was an adaptation of the 1866 novel St. Elmo by Augusta Jane Evans
Augusta Jane Evans
Augusta Jane Wilson, or Augusta Evans Wilson, was an American Southern author and one of the pillars of Southern literature. She wrote nine novels: Inez , Beulah , Macaria , St. Elmo , Vashti , Infelice , At the Mercy of Tiberius , A Speckled Bird , and Devota...
. An American adaptation St. Elmo
St. Elmo (film)
St. Elmo is a 1923 silent drama film directed by Jerome Storm. Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, the film is based on the 1867 novel of the same name written by Augusta Jane Evans. Today St. Elmo is a lost film.-Plot:When St...
was released the same year.
Cast
- Shayle GardnerShayle Gardner-Selected filmography:* St. Elmo * The Chinese Bungalow * The Three Passions * Three Live Ghosts * Disraeli * The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu * The Lodger * The Love Test...
- St. Elmo Murray - Gabrielle Gilroy - Agnes Powell
- Madge TreeMadge Tree-Selected filmography:* What Every Woman Knows * The Garden of Resurrection * The Silver Bridge * Won by a Head * The House of Peril * The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax...
- Mrs. Murray - Harding Thomas - Reverend Hammond