''Through Fire and Water'' is a 1923 British silent

adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed by

Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley may refer to: * Thomas Bentley (director) Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sou ...

and starring

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 ...

, Flora le Breton and

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 – 1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Ch ...

.BFI.org
/ref> It was based on the 1922 novel '' Greensea Island'' by

Victor Bridges Victor Bridges (real name Victor George de Freyne, 14 March 1878 – 29 November 1972) was a prolific English author of detective and fantasy fiction, and also a playwright and occasional poet. Life Born on 14 March 1878 at Clifton, Bristol, Vic ...

Cast

as John Dryden * Flora le Breton as Christine de Rhoda *

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 – 1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Ch ...

as Dr. Manning *

Jerrold Robertshaw Jerrold Robertshaw (28 March 1866, in Allerton, West Riding of Yorkshire – 14 February 1941, in London) was a British stage and film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dombey and Son'' (1917) * '' Build Thy House'' (1920) * ' ...

as Jennaway * M. A. Wetherell as Craill *

Teddy Arundell Teddy Arundell (1873 in Devon – 5 November 1922, in London) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' The Lyons Mail'' (1916) * ''Justice'' (1917) * ''Nelson'' (1918) * '' The Swindler'' (1918) * '' The Splendid Cow ...

as Bascomb *

Esme Hubbard Esme Hubbard (1880 – 12 April 1951) was a British actress of the silent era. She was born Esme Woodbine Hubbard to British parents in Russia and died in Ealing, London in 1951 at age 71. Select filmography * ''Caste A caste is a Essent ...

as Mrs. Craill * Ian Wilson as Jimmy

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* 1923 films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Thomas Bentley 1923 adventure films Films based on British novels Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films Silent British adventure films 1920s British films English-language adventure films {{1920s-adventure-film-stub