Stewart Rome
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Stewart Rome was a British actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire
in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth
who also used the name. He became a major star in the silent era.
Newbury, Berkshire
Newbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many 17th century buildings. Newbury is best known for its racecourse and the adjoining former USAF...
in 1886 as Wernham Ryott Gifford but took the stage name of Stewart Rome which was later unsuccessfully contested by Cecil Hepworth
Cecil Hepworth
Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....
who also used the name. He became a major star in the silent era.
Selected filmography
- Barnaby RudgeBarnaby Rudge (film)Barnaby Rudge is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Tom Powers, Stewart Rome and Violet Hopson...
(1915) - The Baby on the BargeThe Baby on the BargeThe Baby on the Barge is a 1915 British silent film drama directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor and Stewart Rome. No print of the film is known to survive and it is presumed lost.-Plot:...
(1915) - Sweet Lavender (1915)
- Trelawny of the Wells (1916)
- Annie LaurieAnnie Laurie (1916 film)Annie Laurie is a 1916 British silent romance film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome and Lionelle Howard . It is loosely based on the poem Annie Laurie.-Cast:* Alma Taylor ... Annie Laurie...
(1916) - A Great CoupA Great CoupA Great Coup is a 1919 British silent sports film directed by George Dewhurst and Walter West and starring Stewart Rome, Poppy Wyndham and Gregory Scott. It was based on a novel by Nat Gould...
(1919) - The Case of Lady CamberThe Case of Lady CamberThe Case of Lady Camber is a 1920 British silent mystery film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome and Gregory Scott. Lord Camber comes under suspicion of murdering his wife, an ex-chorus girl. It was adaptated from a play by Horace Annesley Vachell.-Cast:* Violet Hopson...
(1920) - The Uninvited GuestThe Uninvited GuestThe Uninvited Guest is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Stewart Rome, Madge Stuart and Arthur Walcott.-Cast:* Stewart Rome -- Philip Orme* Madge Stuart - Mavis Steele* Arthur Walcott - Spaling...
(1923) - The Woman Who ObeyedThe Woman Who Obeyed (1923 film)The Woman Who Obeyed is a 1923 British silent film directed by Sidney Morgan.-Plot:Overbearing husband separates his wife from her children but is reconciled to her after he has accidentally killed their son. -Cast:*Hilda Bayley as Marion Dorchester...
(1923) - Fires of FateFires of Fate (1923 film)Fires of Fate is a 1923 British-American silent adventure film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba. It was adapted from the play Fires of Fate by Arthur Conan Doyle which was in turn based on his 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko...
(1923) - ReveilleReveille (film)Reveille is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by George Pearson. 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.-Cast:* Betty Balfour - Mick...
(1924) - Thou FoolThou FoolThou Fool is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Stewart Rome, Marjorie Hume and Mary Rorke. Anthony Asquith worked on the film as an assistant director.-Cast:* Stewart Rome as Robert Barker* Marjorie Hume as Elsie Glen...
(1926) - The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928)
- Der rote KreisDer rote Kreis (1929 film)Der rote Kreis is a 1929 British-German crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome....
(1929) - The Last HourThe Last HourThe Last Hour is a 1930 British comedy crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Richard Cooper and Stewart Rome and Kathleen Vaughan and Alexander Field....
(1930) - RynoxRynoxRynox is a 1932 British crime film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Stewart Rome and John Longden. Rynox was adapted from a novel by popular thriller writer of the day Philip MacDonald....
(1932) - Designing WomenDesigning Women (film)Designing Women, also known as House of Cards, was a 1934 British film directed by Ivar Campbell and written by N.W. Baring-Pemberton.-Cast:*Stewart Rome - Travers*Valerie Taylor - Diana Dent*Tyrell Davis - Hildebrand Way...
(1934) - The Girl in the FlatThe Girl in the FlatThe Girl in the Flat is a 1934 British crime film directed by Redd Davis and starring Stewart Rome, Belle Chrystall, Vera Bogetti and Noel Shannon...
(1934) - Important PeopleImportant PeopleImportant People is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Stewart Rome, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Raine. A bickering couple stand against each other as candidates in a local council election.-Cast:* Stewart Rome ... Tony Westcott...
(1934) - Debt of HonourDebt of HonourDebt of Honour is a 1936 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leslie Banks, Will Fyffe, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Garry Marsh.-Plot:A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts...
(1936) - Men of Yesterday (1936)
- Wings of the MorningWings of the Morning (film)Wings of the Morning is a 1937 British drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Annabella, Henry Fonda and Leslie Banks. Glenn Tryon was the originally director but he was fired and replaced by Schuster...
(1937) - Dinner at the RitzDinner at the RitzDinner at the Ritz is a 1937 British, black-and-white, mystery romance film, directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring David Niven, Annabella, Raymond Huntley and Ronald Shiner as Sydney, the Porter...
(1937) - The SqueakerThe Squeaker (1937 film)The Squeaker is a 1937 British crime film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Sebastian Shaw and Ann Todd. It is based on the novel The Squeaker by Edgar Wallace...
(1937) - The Dance of Death (1938)
- Confidential LadyConfidential LadyConfidential Lady is a 1939 British comedy drama film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ben Lyon and Jane Baxter. It is now classed as a lost film.-Plot:...
(1940) - Shadowed EyesShadowed EyesShadowed Eyes is a 1940 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Basil Sydney, Patricia Hilliard and Stewart Rome. A leading surgeon murders his wife's lover.-Partial cast:* Basil Sydney - Doctor Zander...
(1940) - Banana RidgeBanana RidgeBanana Ridge is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton and Isabel Jeans. The film is based on a 1938 stage play of the same name by Ben Travers...
(1942) - One of Our Aircraft Is MissingOne of Our Aircraft is MissingOne of Our Aircraft is Missing is a 1942 British war film, the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the first film they made under the banner of The Archers...
(1942) - Salute John CitizenSalute John CitizenSalute John Citizen is a 1942 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros and Jimmy Hanley. The Bunting family face up to the fortunes of war during the Second World War. It was based on the novels Mr. Bunting and Mr. Bunting at War by Robert...
(1942) - The New LotThe New LotThe New Lot is a 1943 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Eric Ambler, Robert Donat, Kathleen Harrison, Bernard Lee, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Peter Ustinov and Austin Trevor, with music by Richard Addinsell...
(1943) - The World Owes Me a LivingThe World Owes Me a LivingThe World Owes Me a Living is a 1945 British World War II film drama, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring David Farrar and Judy Campbell. The film is based on a novel by John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed in action in 1940 while serving in the Royal Air Force...
(1945) - The Root of All EvilThe Root of All Evil (1947 film)The Root of All Evil is a 1947 British drama film, directed by Brock Williams for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Phyllis Calvert and Michael Rennie. The film was the first directorial assignment for Williams, who was better known as a screenwriter, and also produced the screenplay based on a...
(1947) - JassyJassy (film)Jassy was a 1947 British film melodrama, based on a novel by Norah Lofts. It was a Gainsborough melodrama, the only one to be made in technicolour.-Plot:...
(1947) - The White UnicornThe White UnicornThe White Unicorn is a 1947 British drama film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood, Ian Hunter and Dennis Price....
(1947) - My Sister and IMy Sister and I (film)My Sister and I is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Sally Ann Howes, Dermot Walsh and Martita Hunt. A young woman who acts in a small theatre comes under suspicion of murder when the elderly lady she lodges with dies and leaves her all her money. It is based on the...
(1948) - Woman HaterWoman HaterWoman Hater is a 1948 British romantic comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Stewart Granger, Edwige Feuillère and Ronald Squire. Lord Datchett invites a French film star to stay as his house but pretends to be one of his employees while he tries to romance her with the help of his...
(1948) - Let's Have a Murder (1950)