''Eugene Aram'' is a 1924 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

Arthur Rooke Arthur Henry Rooke (18 May 1878 – 1947) was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began ...

and starring Arthur Wontner, Barbara Hoffe and Mary Odette. It was based on the 1832 novel ''

Eugene Aram Eugene Aram (170416 August 1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad ''The Dream of Eugene Aram'', and by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram (novel), Eugene Ara ...

'' by

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (; 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secr ...

which depicts the life of the eighteenth century criminal

Cast

* Arthur Wontner as Eugene Aram * Barbara Hoffe as Madeleine Lester * Mary Odette as Elinor Lester *

James Carew James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began working as a clerk in a publishing fi ...

as Richard Houseman * C. V. France as Squire Lester * Walter Tennyson as Walter Lester * Lionel d'Aragon as Daniel Clarke * A. Bromley Davenport as Cpl. Bunting * William Matthews as John Courtland

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1924 films 1920s historical drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Arthur Rooke Films set in England Films set in London Films set in the 1740s Films set in the 1750s Films based on British novels Films based on works by Edward Bulwer-Lytton Crime films based on actual events British black-and-white films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British historical drama films English-language historical drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub