''A Daughter of Eve'' is a 1919
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silent crime film
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directed by
Walter West and starring
Violet Hopson
Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...
,
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 ...
and
Cameron Carr.
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...
made an early screen appearance. The film is now considered a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
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.
Cast
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Violet Hopson
Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...
— Jessica Bond
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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 ...
— Sidney Strangeways
*
Cameron Carr — Charles Strangeways
* Ralph Forster — John Bond
* Edward Banfield — Sir Hugh Strangeways
* Vesta Sylva — Jessica as a Child
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Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...
— Minor role
See also
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List of lost films
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Reas ...
References
External links
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''A Daughter of Eve'' at SilentEra
1919 films
1919 crime films
British crime films
British silent feature films
Broadwest films
Films directed by Walter West
Lost British films
British black-and-white films
Lost crime films
1910s English-language films
1910s British films
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