''Profit and the Loss'' is a 1917 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

A. V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble (1884–1963) was an English film actor, actor and film director. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1914 and subsequently turned to directing and producing films. He died on 17 May 196 ...

and

Eliot Stannard Eliot Stannard (1 March 1888 – 21 November 1944) was an English screenwriter and director. He was the son of civil engineer Arthur Stannard and Yorkshire-born novelist Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer. Stannard wrote the screenplays for as ...

and starring

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 ...

Randle Ayrton Frederick Randle Ayrton (9 August 1869 – 28 May 1940) was a British actor of stage and screen, and was also a producer and director. Early life Ayrton was born in Chester to William Frances Ayrton, a wealthy wine-merchant who was a par ...

and

Margaret Halstan Margaret Halstan (25 December 1879 – 8 January 1967) was a British stage, radio, television and film actress. In theatre and film roles she often played upper-class ladies of the gentry, with a career spanning over six decades. She was particula ...

. It adapts a play (''Profit - and the Loss'') by H.F. Maltby.

Plot

When friends fail him, a tenant farmer turns to making money.

Cast

* James Carew - Dicky Bransome * Randle Ayrton - Jenkins * Margaret Halstan * Saba Raleigh

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1917 films British silent feature films Films directed by A. V. Bramble Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub