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A Bachelor Husband
''A Bachelor Husband'' is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Lyn Harding, Renee Mayer and Hayford Hobbs. It was based on a story by Ruby M. Ayres, originally published in the ''Daily Mirror''. Plot Inheritor weds stepsister who elopes with cad."The Bachelor Husband" in Denis Gifford, ''British Film Catalogue: volume 1: The Fiction Film'' (2016) Cast * Lyn Harding as Feather Dakers * Renee Mayer as Marie Celeste * Hayford Hobbs as Chris Lawless * Irene Rooke as Aunt Madge * Lionelle Howard as Atkins * Gordon Craig as Chris, as a child * Margot Drake as Mrs. Chester * Will Corrie Will Corrie (14 January 1867 - 1950) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Hard Times (1915 film), Hard Times'' (1915) * ''The Laughing Cavalier (film), The Laughing Cavalier'' (1917) * ''The Manxman (1917 film), The M ... as George Chester * R. Heaton Grey as Aston Knight * Phyllis Joyce as Mrs. Heriot References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenelm Foss
Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Paris. He was, however, more interested in theatre and in 1903 made his first appearance on the London stage at the Royal Court Theatre. He then spent four years at the Glasgow Repertory Theatre producing plays and acting before returning to London to manage the Lyric Theatre in the Strand. Career and publications He directed the play ''Magic'' by G.K.Chesterton, which had been written specially for him in 1913, and which title was the caption to the Vanity Fair caricature of him on 17 December 1913. He then produced the first performance of Chekhov’s ''The Cherry Orchard'' in England and in Europe, after which he obliged to leave the theatre for a while when he contracted tuberculosis. In 1915 he began a new career as a film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
