The Magistrate (1921 film)
| The Magistrate | |
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| Directed by | Bannister Merwin |
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| Produced by | G.B. Samuelson |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 5,400 feet[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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The Magistrate is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Bannister Merwin and starring Tom Reynolds, Maudie Dunham and Ethel Warwick. It is based on the 1885 play The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero.[2][3] The film revolves around a widow that marries a magistrate.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Tom Reynolds as Poskett
- Maudie Dunham as Beattie Tomlinson
- Ethel Warwick as Agatha Poskett
- Roy Royston as Cis Farringdon
- Cyril Percival as Captain Horace Vail
- Dawson Millward as Colonel Lukyn
- Nell Graham as Charlotte Poskett
References
[edit]- ^ Low p.406
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- ^ Low, Rachael (13 September 2013). History of British Film (Volume 4): The History of the British Film 1918 - 1929. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-20634-4.
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-74062-9.
Bibliography
[edit]- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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- 1920s British films
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