''Aunt Rachel'' is a 1920 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Albert Ward and starring
Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom (born Isabelle Reed; 16 March 1893 – 12 January 1981) was an English film, theatre, and television actress. She was often cast as aristocrats or upper-class women.
Early years
Born in Chesterton, Cambridge, Elsom attend ...
,
Haidee Wright
Haidee Wright (13 January 1867 – 29 January 1943), born as Ada Wright, was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. She came from a family of actors and had a long career in the United King ...
and
James Lindsay. The standard of the film's
intertitles
In films and videos, an intertitle, also known as a title card, is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (hence, ''inter-'') the photographed action at various points. Intertitles used to convey character dialogue are referred ...
was criticised.
[Bamford p.76]
Cast
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Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom (born Isabelle Reed; 16 March 1893 – 12 January 1981) was an English film, theatre, and television actress. She was often cast as aristocrats or upper-class women.
Early years
Born in Chesterton, Cambridge, Elsom attend ...
as Ruth
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Haidee Wright
Haidee Wright (13 January 1867 – 29 January 1943), born as Ada Wright, was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. She came from a family of actors and had a long career in the United King ...
as Aunt Rachel
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James Lindsay as Ferdinand de Blacquaire
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Lionelle Howard
Lionelle Howard (1886 – 13 September 1930) was a British actor of the silent era who was born as Francis Nathan Coxin in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and died in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He appeared in a number of productions made by Astra Films in ...
as Reuben
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Tom Reynolds as Eld
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Dalton Somers as Fuller
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Leonard Pagden as Ezra Gold
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Herbert Willis as Earl
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Dan Godfrey as Isiah
References
Bibliography
* Bamford, Kentom. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999.
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
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1920 films
1920 drama films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Albert Ward
Films based on British novels
Films set in England
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films
English-language drama films
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