The Hotel Mouse
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The Hotel Mouse is 1923 British
silent
crime film
directed by Fred Paul
and starring Lillian Hall-Davis
, Campbell Gullan
and Warwick Ward
. It was based on a play by Paul Armont
and Marcel Gerbidon
.
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...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Fred Paul
Fred Paul
Fred Paul was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and directors in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.-Selected filmography:Director* The...
and starring Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
, Campbell Gullan
Campbell Gullan
-Selected filmography:* Far from the Madding Crowd * A Welsh Singer * Doorsteps * The Right Element * A Member of Tattersall's * At the Mercy of Tiberius * Tilly of Bloomsbury...
and Warwick Ward
Warwick Ward
Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...
. It was based on a play by Paul Armont
Paul Armont
Paul Armont was a Russian-born French playwright and screenwriter. He also collaborated with the Swiss writer Marcel Gerbidon. He was born Dimitri Petrococchino in Rostov in the Russian Empire....
and Marcel Gerbidon
Marcel Gerbidon
Marcel Gerbidon was a Swiss playwright and screenwriter. He collaborated frequently with Paul Armont. A number of his plays have been adapted into films such as the 1958 film School for Coquettes.-Bibliography:...
.
Cast
- Lillian Hall-DavisLillian Hall-DavisLillian Hall-Davis was a British actress during the silent era.The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci , The Passionate Adventure , Quo Vadis , Blighty , The Ring and The Farmer's Wife , the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
- Mauricette - Campbell GullanCampbell Gullan-Selected filmography:* Far from the Madding Crowd * A Welsh Singer * Doorsteps * The Right Element * A Member of Tattersall's * At the Mercy of Tiberius * Tilly of Bloomsbury...
- Merchant - Warwick WardWarwick WardWarwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...
- Estaban - Josephine EarleJosephine Earle-Selected filmography:* The Fall of a Saint -Selected filmography:* The Fall of a Saint -Selected filmography:* The Fall of a Saint (1920* The Edge of Youth (1920)* Walls of Prejudice (1920)* Branded (1921)* The Way of a Man (1921)* The Knockout (1923)* The Hotel Mouse (1923)* Woman to Woman (1923)...
- Lola - Morgan WallaceMorgan WallaceMorgan Wallace , was an American actor. He appeared in 28 films between 1914 and 1946, including It's a Gift and My Little Chickadee starring W.C. Fields and Mae West....
- Honorable Harry Hurlingham