''A Prince of Lovers'' is a 1922 British
silent biographical film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...
directed by
Charles Calvert and starring
Howard Gaye
Howard Gaye (23 May 1878 – 26 December 1955) was a British actor who worked mainly in the United States.
He acted in 27 silent films, including D. W. Griffith's epics ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) as Robert E. Lee and ''Intolerance'' (1916 ...
,
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 ...
and
Mary Clare
Mary Clare Absalom (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television.
Biography
Daughter of George Alfred Absalom, Clare was educated at Wood Green secondary school, first worked in an office but a loan ...
. The film portrays the life of the British writer
Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and Peerage of the United Kingdom, peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and h ...
, and was based on
Alicia Ramsey
Alicia Ramsey (1864–1933) was a British playwright and screenwriter.
She was born Alice Joanna Royston.
Life
Alice Joanna Royston was born in Chelsea, London, Chelsea, the daughter of William Hayelett Royston, gentleman.Register of Marriages ...
's play ''
Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and Peerage of the United Kingdom, peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and h ...
'' (1908).
[Christine Kenyon-Jones, ed., ''Byron: The Image of the Poet'' (Associated University Press, 2008)]
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Cast
* Howard Gaye
Howard Gaye (23 May 1878 – 26 December 1955) was a British actor who worked mainly in the United States.
He acted in 27 silent films, including D. W. Griffith's epics ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) as Robert E. Lee and ''Intolerance'' (1916 ...
as Lord Byron
* 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 ...
as Isabella Milbanke
* Mary Clare
Mary Clare Absalom (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television.
Biography
Daughter of George Alfred Absalom, Clare was educated at Wood Green secondary school, first worked in an office but a loan ...
as Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb (née Ponsonby; 13 November 1785 – 25 January 1828) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist, best known for ''Glenarvon'', a Gothic novel. In 1812 she had an affair with Lord Byron, whom she described as "mad, bad, and ...
* David Hawthorne as Cam Hobhouse
* Marjorie Day as Augusta Leigh
* George Foley
George James Foley (28 November 1872 – 27 October 1945) was an Australian politician from Western Australia. He was the member for the Western Australian seat of Electoral district of Mount Leonora, Mount Leonora from 1911 until 1920, initial ...
as Sir Ralph Milbanke
* H.R. Hignett as Fletcher
* Wyndham Guise
Wyndham Guise (né William Windham Guise Cutler) was a British actor who appeared on stage in Edwardian musical comedies beginning in the 1890s and became a film actor during the silent era. He is sometimes credited as Windham Guise.
Selecte ...
as Joe
* Gladys Hamilton as Lady Milbanke
* W.D.C. Knox as Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...
* Viva Birkett
Viva Birkett (14 February 1887 – 27 June 1934) was a British stage actress active on both sides of the Atlantic over the early decades of the twentieth century.
Early life and career
Valentine (originally recorded as Valentina) Viola Birkett ...
as Lady Jersey
* Eugene Leahy as Tom Moore
* Bellenden Powell Bellenden is a surname, Scottish in origins and an older form of Ballantine/Ballantyne.
It may refer to:
*John Bellenden, Scottish writer
*John Bellenden (Lord Justice Clerk)
*Katherine Bellenden, Scottish courtier
*William Bellenden, Scottish cla ...
as Prince Regent
A prince regent or princess regent is a prince or princess who, due to their position in the line of succession, rules a monarchy as regent in the stead of a monarch regnant, e.g., as a result of the sovereign's incapacity (minority or illness ...
* Saba Raleigh as Madame de Stael Madame may refer to:
* Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French
* Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel
* ''Madame'' ...
* Geoffrey Dunstan as Scrope Davis
* Emmeline Ormsby as Mrs. Byron
* Hector Abbas
Hector Abbas (9 November 1884 – 11 November 1942) was a Dutch film actor who appeared mainly in British films after emigrating to the United Kingdom.
Partial filmography
* ''The First Men in the Moon'' (1919)
* ''A Prince of Lovers'' (1922)
* ...
as Murray
* Eileen Onions as Ada Augusta Byron
* Madge Tree
Madge Tree (1875–1947) was a British actress of the silent era.
She was born in West Derby, Liverpool and died in Paddington, London.
Selected filmography
* '' Hard Times'' (1915)
* '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1917)
* ''The Garden of Resurr ...
as Mrs. Clermont
* Marie Ault
Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film. Biography
Born as Mary Cragg, in Wigan, Lancashire, (now Greater Manchester. England. Ault was a star in many British films of the silent era but is ...
as Nannie
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
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1922 films
1920s biographical drama films
1920s historical drama films
British historical drama films
British silent feature films
British biographical drama films
Films set in the 1810s
Films directed by Charles Calvert
British films based on plays
Films set in England
Cultural depictions of George IV
Cultural depictions of Lord Byron
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent drama films
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