''Colonel Newcome'' (or ''Colonel Newcome, the Perfect Gentleman'') is a 1920 British silent

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

drama film directed by

Fred Goodwins Fred Goodwins (26 February 1891 – 22 August 1923) was an English actor, film director and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in 24 films between 1915 and 1921.He most notably worked with Charlie Chaplin during Chapli ...

and starring

Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in ''The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In ...

Joyce Carey Joyce Carey (30 March 1898 – 28 February 1993) was an English actress, best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noël Coward. Her stage career lasted from 1916 until 1987, and she was performing on television in he ...

and Temple Bell. It was based on the 1854-55 novel ''

The Newcomes ''The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family'' is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1854 and 1855. Publication ''The Newcomes'' was published serially over about two years, as Thackeray himself says in one of t ...

'' by

William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray ( ; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his Satire, satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel ''Vanity Fair (novel), Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portra ...

Cast

as B. Newcombe *

as Rose * Temple Bell as Ethel Newcome *

Louis Willoughby Louis Willoughby (10 July 1876 – 12 September 1968) was an English actor of the silent era. Born in England, he was married to artist Vera Willoughby and the father of artist Althea Willoughby. After her death in 1939, he married Olga Pe ...

as Newcombe *

Dame May Whitty Dame Mary Louise Webster, (née Whitty; 19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers t ...

as Mrs. Mackenzie * Fred Morgan as Baynham *

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 Lady Newcome *

Bobby Andrews Robert Riu Andrews (born November 30, 1976), popularly known as Bobby Andrews, is a Filipino actor, TV host and former matinee idol. Starting out as a commercial model, he rose to fame when he teamed up with Angelu de Leon in the famous teen- ...

as C. Newcombe *

Norma Whalley Norma Whalley (1882 or 1883 – 9 October 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain. Biography Whalley was born in Sydney in 1882 or 1883, the daughter of doctor Henry Octavius Whalley. During the ...

as Lady Clare

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* 1920 films 1920s historical drama films Films directed by Fred Goodwins Films based on British novels Ideal Film Company films Films set in England British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1920 drama films Films based on works by William Makepeace Thackeray 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British historical drama films English-language historical drama films {{historic-film-stub