''Straws in the Wind'' is a 1924 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
Bertram Phillips
Bertram Phillips was a British film director of the silent era.
In 1927–29, he directed several short films in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, including ''Arthur Roberts (comedian), Arthur Roberts Sings "Topsey-Turvey"'' (April 192 ...
and starring
Betty Ross Clarke
Betty Ross Clarke (born May Clarke,National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ''Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1887-1940''; Mi ...
,
Queenie Thomas and
Fred Paul
Fred Paul (1880–1967) was a Switzerland, Swiss-born United Kingdom, British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his car ...
.
Cast
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Betty Ross Clarke
Betty Ross Clarke (born May Clarke,National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ''Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1887-1940''; Mi ...
as The Wife
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Queenie Thomas as The Woman
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Fred Paul
Fred Paul (1880–1967) was a Switzerland, Swiss-born United Kingdom, British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his car ...
as The Husband
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Ivo Dawson
Ivo Dawson (13 December 1879 - 7 March 1934) was a British actor.
Dawson was born in Rutland, England, UK and died in Los Angeles, California, USA, age 54.
Selected filmography
* '' The Miracle of Love'' (1919)
* '' The Broken Melody'' (1919)
* ...
as The Brute
* Clifford Cobbe as The Man
* Daisy James as The Friend
* C. Hargrave Mansell as The Thinker
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Jessie Matthews
Jessie Margaret Matthews (11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981) was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.
After a string of hit stage musicals and films in the mid-1930s, suc ...
as The Village Maiden (uncredited)
References
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1924 films
British silent feature films
1924 drama films
Films directed by Bertram Phillips
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films
English-language drama films
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