''Running Water'' is a 1922 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

Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He a ...

and starring

Madge Stuart Madge Stuart (5 August 1895, in Holmesfield, Derbyshire – 10 October 1958, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a British actress of the silent era. She married Dion Titheradge in 1928. Selected filmography * ''Nature's Gentleman'' (1918) * ''The Elus ...

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 – 1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
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and

Julian Royce Julian Royce (26 May 1866 – 10 May 1946), born William Leonard Gardener, was a British stage and, later, film actor. Gänzl, Kurt"Ivy: the girl who married Sherlock Holmes" Kurt of Gerolstein, 19 June 2018 Life and career Royce was christened ...

. The film is an adaptation of

A.E.W. Mason Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and Liberal Party Member of Parliament. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, '' The Four Feathers'', and is also known ...

's 1906 novel '' Running Water''.Low p.441

Cast

as Sylvia Skinner *

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 – 1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
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as Capt. Hilary Cheyne *

as Garrett Skinner * A. Bromley Davenport as Capt. Barstow *

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 Mrs. Thesiger * George Turner as Wallie Hine * E. Lewis Waller as Archie Parminter * George Harrington as Michel

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1922 films 1922 drama films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1920s British films Silent British drama films Films based on works by A. E. W. Mason English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub