The Fake (1927 film)
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The Fake is a 1927 British
silent
drama film
directed by Georg Jacoby
and starring Henry Edwards
, Elga Brink
and Juliette Compton
. It was based on a play by Frederick Lonsdale
. An M.P.
pressures his daughter to marry an aristocrat in spite of his drug addiction.
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 Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby was a German film director and screenwriter. He was married to Marika Rökk from 1940 until his death; the actress Gabriele Jacoby is their daughter.-Selected filmography:...
and starring Henry Edwards
Henry Edwards
Henry Edwards may refer to:*Henry W. Edwards , U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut*Sir Henry Edwards, 1st Baronet , British Conservative MP for Halifax, 1847–1852, and Beverley, 1857–1870...
, Elga Brink
Elga Brink
-Selected filmography:* The Fake * The Physician * The Tunnel * Jumping Into the Abyss * Karussell * Heimatland * Das fremde Leben...
and Juliette Compton
Juliette Compton
Juliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941....
. It was based on a play by Frederick Lonsdale
Frederick Lonsdale
Frederick Lonsdale was an English dramatist.-Personal life:Lonsdale was born Lionel Frederick Leonard in St Helier, Jersey, the son of Susan and John Henry Leonard, a tobacconist. He began as a private soldier and worked for the London and South Western Railway...
. An M.P.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
pressures his daughter to marry an aristocrat in spite of his drug addiction.
Cast
- Henry Edwards - Geoffrey Sands
- Elga BrinkElga Brink-Selected filmography:* The Fake * The Physician * The Tunnel * Jumping Into the Abyss * Karussell * Heimatland * Das fremde Leben...
- Mavis Stanton - Juliette ComptonJuliette ComptonJuliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941....
- Mrs. Hesketh Pointer - Norman McKinnelNorman McKinnelNorman McKinnel was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death...
- Ernest Stanton - 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...
- Honourable Gerald Pillick - J. Fisher White - Sir Thomas Moorgate
- A. Bromley DavenportA. Bromley DavenportArthur Henry Bromley-Davenport , better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK....
- Hesketh Pointer - Julie SuedoJulie Suedo-Selected filmography:* One Colombo Night * The Triumph of the Rat * One of the Best * Two Little Drummer Boys * A Window in Piccadilly * Afterwards * The White Sheikh...
- Dancer - Ivan Samson - Clifford Howe
- Ursula JeansUrsula JeansUrsula Jean McMinn was a British actress on film, stage, and television.Ursula Jeans was born in Shimla, British India, to British parents, and brought up and educated in London. She was the youngest of three siblings...
- Maid