''Thou Fool'' is a 1928 British
silent drama film
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directed by
Fred Paul
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and starring
Stewart Rome
Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950.
He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...
,
Marjorie Hume
Marjorie Hume (27 January 1893 – 13 March 1976) was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''Doing His Bit'' (1917)
* '' Red Pottage'' (1918)
* '' The Swindler'' (1918)
* '' Lady T ...
and
Mary Rorke
Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke
.
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worked on the film as an assistant director.
Cast
* Stewart Rome
Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950.
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as Robert Barker
* Marjorie Hume
Marjorie Hume (27 January 1893 – 13 March 1976) was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''Doing His Bit'' (1917)
* '' Red Pottage'' (1918)
* '' The Swindler'' (1918)
* '' Lady T ...
as Elsie Glen
* Mary Rorke
Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke
as Ldy MacDonald
* J. Fisher White
Joseph John Fisher White (1 May 1865 – 14 January 1945) was a British stage and film actor. The eldest of four sons of Rev. John White, of Ampfield, of that family formerly of Hursley, by his wife Martha, daughter of Rev. John Fisher, he ...
as James Scobie
* Wyndham Guise as Duncan Glen
* Mickey Brantford
Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager .
Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ...
as Robert as a Child
* Darby Foster
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as Harry Clement
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as Undetermined Role
References
External links
*
1928 films
British silent feature films
1928 drama films
Films directed by Fred Paul
British drama films
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent drama films
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