''The Answer'' is a 1916 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Walter West and starring Muriel Martin-Harvey, George Foley and

Dora Barton Dora Barton (''née'' Brockbank; 20 January 1880 – 13 September 1966) was an English actress who appeared in films between 1916 and 1938. She was the daughter of actress Mary Barton and the sister of actress Naomi Barton. She married actor ...

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Newman Flower Sir Walter Newman Flower (8 July 1879 – 12 March 1964) was an English publisher and author. He transformed the fortunes of the publishing house Orion Publishing Group, Cassell & Co, and later became its proprietor. As an author, he published stu ...

Cast

* Muriel Martin-Harvey - The Lonely Woman * George Foley - Justin Siddeley *

- The Lost Magdalene * George Bellamy - The Clerk *

Joseph Tozer Joseph Rose Tozer (1881 in Birmingham, Warwickshire – 1955) was a British actor. Musical theatre *''Houp La!'' (1916) Partial filmography * '' The Brass Bottle'' (1914) * '' A Park Lane Scandal'' (1915) * '' The Answer'' (1916) * ''The Me ...

Gregory Scott Gregory Scott was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born Gregory Scott Frances on 15 December 1879 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. Selected filmography * ''Enoch Arden'' (1914) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''In the Ranks'' ...

* Arthur M. Cullin

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume III: 1914-1918''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1916 films 1916 drama films British drama films Films directed by Walter West Films based on British novels British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub