''The Tidal Wave'' is a 1920 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
Sinclair Hill
Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an O ...
and starring
Poppy Wyndham,
Sydney Seaward
Sydney Widmer Seaward (27 January 1884 – 22 June 1967) was an English actor born in Blindley Heath, Godstone, Surrey, England, United Kingdom and died at age 83 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He went to Reading School in Readi ...
and Pardoe Woodman.
[Low p.465] It is based on a short story by
Ethel M. Dell. A fisherman rescues an artist from the sea, and falls in love with her.
Cast
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Poppy Wyndham as Columbine
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Sydney Seaward
Sydney Widmer Seaward (27 January 1884 – 22 June 1967) was an English actor born in Blindley Heath, Godstone, Surrey, England, United Kingdom and died at age 83 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He went to Reading School in Readi ...
as Matt Brewster
* Pardoe Woodman as Frank Knight
*
Annie Esmond
Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress.
Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ...
as Aunt Liza
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Judd Green
Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.
Selected filmography
* '' The Third String'' (1914)
* ...
as Adam Brewster
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
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1920 films
1920 romantic drama films
British romantic drama films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Sinclair Hill
British black-and-white films
Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell
Films based on short fiction
Stoll Pictures films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent romantic drama films
English-language romantic drama films
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