''Shirley'' 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

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 starring Carlotta Breese,

Clive Brook Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English stage and film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the Unit ...

, Elizabeth Irving and

Mabel Terry-Lewis Mabel Gwynedd Terry-Lewis (born as Mabel Gwynedd Lewis) ( 28 October 1872 – 28 November 1957) was an English actress and a member of the Terry-Gielgud dynasty of actors of the 19th and 20th centuries. After a successful career in her twe ...

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/ref> It is based on the 1849 novel '' Shirley'' by

Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Nicholls (; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë family, Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novel ...

Cast

* Carlotta Breese as Shirley *

as Robert Moore * Elizabeth Irving as Caroline Helston *

as Mrs. Prior *

Harvey Braban George William Chapman (19 May 1883 – 6 August 1943), known as Harvey Braban, was a British stage actor. He also appeared in films between 1920–1938. Braban was born in Brighton, Sussex, to George Chapman and Anne Braban. He performed regul ...

as Nunnally * Joe Nightingale * David Miller

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* 1922 films Silent British drama films Films based on British novels Films based on works by Charlotte Brontë Films directed by A. V. Bramble Ideal Film Company films British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1922 drama films Adaptations of works by the Brontë family 1920s English-language films 1920s British films English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub