''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

as Lord Byron *

as Isabella Milbanke *

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 ...

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

* 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 {{1920s-UK-film-stub