The Sea Urchin (1926 film)
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The Sea Urchin is a 1926 British
drama film
directed by Graham Cutts
and starring Betty Balfour
, George Hackathorne
and W. Cronin Wilson. It was made at Gainsborough Studios with Michael Balcon
as producer.
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...
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 Graham Cutts
Graham Cutts
Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...
and starring Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"...
, George Hackathorne
George Hackathorne
George Hackathorne was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 59 films between 1916 and 1939...
and W. Cronin Wilson. It was made at Gainsborough Studios with Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
Sir Michael Elias Balcon was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios.-Background:...
as producer.
Cast
- Betty Balfour - Fay Wynchbeck
- George HackathorneGeorge HackathorneGeorge Hackathorne was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 59 films between 1916 and 1939...
- Jack Trebarrow - W. Cronin Wilson - Rivoli
- Haidee WrightHaidee WrightHaidee Wright as Ada Wright was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. Came from a family of actors. Had a long career in the UK and the US much Broadway work with occasional parts in films. Her parents and many siblings were actors...
- Minnie Wynchbeck - Marie WrightMarie Wright-Selected filmography:* The Kinsman * Mrs. Thompson * Murder! * Up for the Cup * Tilly of Bloomsbury * The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss * Sixty Glorious Years...
- Mary Wynchbeck - Cecil Morton YorkCecil Morton York-Selected filmography:* Beau Brocade * The Autumn of Pride * Trapped by the Mormons * A Sister to Assist 'Er * A Gamble with Hearts * Lights of London * The Uninvited Guest...
- Sir Trevor Trebarrow - Clifford HeatherleyClifford Heatherley-Selected filmography:* The Tavern Knight * The Autumn of Pride * Mademoiselle from Armentieres * The King's Highway * The Constant Nymph * Champagne * The W Plan...
- Sullivan - A.G. Poulton - Janitor