''Rob Roy'' is a 1922 British silent

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directed by

W. P. Kellino William Philip Gislingham (c. 1874 in London, England – 31 December 1957, in London, Middlesex, England) was a British music hall musician and acrobat (part of the Famous Kellinos) and, using the name W. P. Kellino, film director. He founded ...

and starring

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, Gladys Jennings and Simeon Stuart. It depicts the life of the early 18th century

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Rob Roy MacGregor Robert Roy MacGregor ( gd, Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair; 7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. Early life Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, a ...

Cast

as Rob Roy MacGregor * Gladys Jennings as Helen Campbell * Simeon Stuart as Duke of Montrose *

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as James Grahame * Alec Hunter as The Dougal Creature * Tom Morris as Sandy the Biter * Eva Llewellyn as Mother MacGregor * Roy Kellino as Ronald MacGregor, the Child

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1922 films 1920s historical drama films British silent feature films British historical drama films Cultural depictions of Rob Roy MacGregor Films directed by W. P. Kellino Films set in Scotland Films set in the 18th century Films based on works by Walter Scott British black-and-white films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent historical drama films {{historic-film-stub