The Great Day
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The Great Day is a 1921 short drama film
directed by Hugh Ford
. Alfred Hitchcock
is credited as a title designer. The film is now lost
.
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 Hugh Ford
Hugh Ford
Hugh Ford was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 31 films between 1913 and 1921. He also wrote for 19 films between 1913 and 1920.He was born in Washington, D.C..-Selected filmography:...
. Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
is credited as a title designer. The film is now lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Arthur BourchierArthur BourchierArthur Bourchier was an English actor and theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh....
- Sir John Borstwick - Mary Palfrey - Lady Borstwick
- Marjorie HumeMarjorie HumeMarjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...
- Clara Borstwick - Bertram BurleighBertram Burleigh-Selected filmography:* Mrs. Thompson * Garryowen * How Kitchener Was Betrayed * Open Country * Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep * Becket...
- Frank Beresford - Adeline Hayden Coffin - Mrs. Beresford (as Mrs. Hayden Coffin)
- Percy StandingPercy StandingPercy Standing was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was the son of Herbert Standing...
- Paul Nikola - Meggie AlbanesiMeggie AlbanesiMeggie Albanesi was a British stage and film actress. She was born Margherita Albanesi in London on 8 October 1899. Her mother was Effie Adelaide Rowlands, a writer, and her father was Chevalier Carlo Albanesi, an Italian violinist. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and made her film...
- Lillian Leeson - Geoffrey KerrGeoffrey KerrGeoffrey Kerr was a British stage and film actor, and writer, during the middle of the 20th century, part of a British family with a strong stage and theatre tradition spanning several generations.-Early life:...
- Dave Leeson - Lewis DaytonLewis Dayton-Selected filmography:* A Daughter of Uncle Sam * The Shadow Between * A Rank Outsider * The Great Day * The Lilac Sunbonnet * Yesterday's Wife * What Fools Men * Spangles...
- Lord Medway - Mrs. L. Thomas - Lord Medway's Mother
- L.C. Carelli - Semki