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Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)

Herbert’s Wilcox’s second film with Mae Marsh, following The Flames of Passion, was Paddy the Next Best Thing, a romantic drama about a young tomboy and her growing love for a rich landowner set in Ireland and London, once again directed by Graham Cutts. (more...)

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Tags: 1920s, 20s, Bernard Vaughn, British silent film, Darby Foster, George K. Arthur, Gertrude Page, Graham Cutts, Haidee Wright, Herbert Wilcox, Jazz Age, Lillian Douglas, Mae Marsh, Marie Ault, Marie Wright, Michael Balcon, Mildred Evelyn, Nina Boucicault, Paddy the Next Best Thing, SIlent film, Sir Simeon Stuart, The Flames of Passion, Tom Coventry, twenties, Victor Saville

Josephine Earle

Josephine Earle was an American actress who made a name for herself at Vitagraph in a series of Vamp movie roles from 1915. She then made herself thoroughly at home in England during the 1920s appearing in British silent films, legitimate stage shows and cabaret. (more...)

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Flames of Passion (1922)

One of the earliest ground breaking British silent films from Herbert Wilcox and Graham Cutts was The Flames of Passion starring the American actress Mae Marsh and a solid British cast. (more...)

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Tags: 1920s, 20s, A.G. Poulton, Allan Aynesworth, Arthur Watson, British silent film, C. Aubrey Smith, C. Macdonnell, Cocaine, Eva Moore, G. Henry Vibart, Graham Cutts, Herbert Langley, Herbert Wilco, Hilda Bayley, Jazz Age, John Stuart Blackton, Lucile, Mae Marsh, Norman Arnold, Paddy the Next Best Thing, Robert Cullen, SIlent film, The Wonderful Story, twenties

The White Shadow (1924)

Part of a two-picture deal starring the American actress Betty Compson, The White Shadow (1924) was the second picture from British director Graham Cutts, following in the footsteps of the highly successful Woman to Woman (1923). (more...)

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Tags: A.B. Imeson, Alfred Hitchcock, Balcon-Savile-Freedman, Bert Darley, Betty Compson, British silent film, C.N. Russell, Children of Chance, Claude McDonnell, Clive Brook, Daisy Campbell, Dolly Tree, Dorine Beresford, Graham Cutts, Harry Ashton, Henry Victor, Jazz Age, lost Hitchcock, Michael Morton, SIlent film, The Awakening, The Eternal Survivor, The White Shadow, Tom Waters, White Shadows, Woman to Woman

The White Shadow, a British Silent film from 1924 found in part

It would appear that several reels of the 1924 silent movie The White Shadow, starring Betty Compson have been found in New Zealand. (more...)

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Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Betty Compson, British silent film, Graham Cutts, Hitchcock, Hitchcock films, Jazz Age, SIlent film, The White Shadow, White Shadow, Woman to Woman

Clothes, Legs and ‘I’m no Beauty’ – Betty Blythe gets her finger burned

The 1925 adaptation of the Rider Haggard novel She by G.B Samuelson starring the American actress Betty Blythe proved to be a fiasco, ended up in court and, as a result of the ensuing press coverage, provides us with a fascinating insight into the film business of the time. (more...)

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Tags: A Daughter of Israel, Baruch, Betty Blythe, Betty Compson, British silent film, Carlyle Blackwell, Chu Chin Chow, Edward Jose, Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter, Felix Pfitzner, G.B. Samuelson, Graham Cutts, Hagar, Henry George, Herbert Wilcox, Jacob's Well, Le Puits de Jacob, Mae Marsh, Mary Odette, Paul Scarden, Pierre Benoit, Rider Haggard, She, SIlent film, Sydney Blythe, The Queen of Sheba, Tom Reynolds, UFA Film studio, Walter Summers, Worton Hall

Woman to Woman (1923)

Graham Cutts’ Woman to Woman (1923) has been regarded as the most ground breaking British film to be released in the 1920s and although the film is lost and cannot be viewed, from the available commentary, reviews and remaining stills it was obviously a lavish and sophisticated production. It was a commercial success both at home and in the USA and launched the careers of three men who would play major roles in the development of British Cinema - Michael Balcon, Victor Savile and Alfred Hitchcock. (more...)

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