''Bars of Iron'' 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

F. Martin Thornton Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director active in the United Kingdom in the 1910s and 1920s. He also directed films for the Natural Color ...

and starring

Madge White Madge may refer to: Places * Madge, Wisconsin, United States, a town ** Madge (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Madge Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada People * Madge (given name) * Madge (surname) * Nickname of Madonna (born 1958) ...

Rowland Myles Rowland may refer to: Places United States *Rowland Heights, California, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County *Rowland, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Rowland Township, Michigan *Rowland, Missouri, an unincorporated community ...

and

Joseph R. 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 M ...

. It was based on a 1916 novel '' The Bars of Iron'' by Ethel M. Dell.Goble p.122

Cast

* Madge White as Avery Denys * Rowland Myles as Piers Evesham *

as Dr. Lennox Tudor * Leopold McLaglen as Eric Denys * Olga Conway as Ina Rose * Eric Lankester as Sir Beverley Evesham * Sydney Lewis Ransome as Rev. Lorimer *

Gertrude Sterroll Gertrude Sterroll was a British stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' Bars of Iron'' (1920) * '' The Shadow Between'' (1920) * '' Dicky Monteith'' (1922) * ''Potter's Clay'' (1922) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * '' The Wine of ...

as Mrs. Lorimer * Gordon Webster as Dick Guyes * J. Edwards Barker as Crowther

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton Films set in England Films set in Australia Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell Films based on British novels British black-and-white films Stoll Pictures films 1920s British films Silent British drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub