''Trilby'' is a 1914 British silent

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directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring

Herbert Beerbohm Tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917) was an English actor and Actor-manager, theatre manager. Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre in the West End theatre, West End, winning ...

, Viva Birkett, and Charles Rock.BFI.org
/ref> It is based on Tree's 1895 stage production of ''

Trilby A trilby is a narrow-brimmed type of hat. The trilby was once viewed as the rich man's favored hat; it is sometimes called the "brown trilby" in UK, BritainBernhard Roetzel, Roetzel, Bernhard (1999). ''Gentleman's Guide to Grooming and Style''. B ...

'', itself an adaptation of the 1894 novel of the same name by

George du Maurier George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer known for work in ''Punch (magazine), Punch'' and a Gothic fiction, Gothic novel ''Trilby (novel), Trilby'', featuring the char ...

Premise

Trilby, a young singer, falls under the dominance of

Svengali Svengali () is a character in the novel ''Trilby'' which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a Jewish man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young half-Irish girl, and makes her into a famous singer. Defini ...

Cast

– Svengali * Viva Birkett – Trilby O'Farrell * Charles Rock – Sandy McAllister *

Ion Swinley Ion Swinley (27 October 1891 – 16 September 1937), born Eric Ion Swindley was an English actor, known for his appearances in classics and modern dramas and comedies. Life and career Swinley was born in the London suburb of Barnes on 27 October ...

– Little Billee *

Philip Merivale Philip Merivale (2 November 1886 – 12 March 1946) was an English film and stage actor and screenwriter. Life and career Merivale was born in Rehutia, Manickpur, India, to railway engineer Walter Merivale (1855–1902) and Emma Mag ...

– Taffy Wynne * Wyndham Guise – Mr O'Ferrall * Cicely Richards – Madame Vinard * Douglas Munro – Reverend Bagot

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* 1914 films 1914 drama films 1910s British films 1910s English-language films British black-and-white films British films based on plays British silent feature films English-language drama films Films based on Trilby (novel) Films directed by Harold M. Shaw Silent British drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub