''Half a Truth'' is a 1922 British silent

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an O ...

and starring Margaret Hope,

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 – 1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Ch ...

and

Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor, writer, director and producer in the post-war period of early British cinema during the 1920s to mid-1930s, as well as a playwright an ...

.Murphy p.294 It was based on a 1911 novel by

Eliza Humphreys Elizabeth Margaret Jane Humphreys Gollan (14 June 1850 – 1 January 1938) was a Scottish novelist from Inverness-shire who wrote 120 books, plays and essays, and founded the ''Writers’ Club for Women''. Many of her works were published unde ...

writing as Rita.

Cast

* Margaret Hope as Virginia *

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 – 1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Ch ...

as Chris Kennaway *

as Marquis Sallast *

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 Lucille Altamont *

Irene Rooke Irene Rooke (born Irene Bessie Ingaretha Rooke; 30 May 1874 – 14 June 1958) was an English theatre and film actress from Bridport, Dorset, England. Stage career She was the daughter of a prominent London journalist. Rooke left boarding scho ...

as Octavia Madison *

Percy Standing Percy Standing was an English film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Life Without Soul'' (1915) * ''My Four Years in Germany'' (1918) * ''To the Highest Bidder'' (1918) * '' Should a Husband Forgive?'' (1919) * ''The Great Da ...

as Sir Richard Madison * Phillip Simmons as Barry Connell * Stella Wood-Sims as Doreen Madison

References

Bibliography

* Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. BFI, 2006.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 crime films British silent feature films British crime films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films based on British novels Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent crime films English-language crime films {{1920s-UK-film-stub