Arthur Rooke was a British

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and

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of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. By the early 1920s he was one of the more successful British film directors.

Selected filmography

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'' (1918) * '' God's Clay'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Lure of Crooning Water'' (1920) * ''

A Sporting Double ''A Sporting Double'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring John Stuart, Lilian Douglas and Douglas Munro.Low p.456 The film is set in the horse racing world. It was re-released in 1926 by Butcher's Film Se ...

'' (1922) * '' Weavers of Fortune'' (1922) * ''

A Bachelor's Baby ''A Bachelor's Baby'' is a 1922 British silent comedy film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Constance Worth, Malcolm Tod and Tom Reynolds.Low p.333 Cast * Constance Worth as Peggy Woodward * Malcolm Tod as Lieutenant Jimmy Barton * ...

'' (1922) * '' The Sporting Instinct'' (1922) * ''

M'Lord of the White Road ''M'Lord of the White Road'' is a 1923 British silent adventure film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Hume and James Lindsay.Low p.411 Cast * Victor McLaglen as Lord Annerley / John * Marjorie Hume as Lady ...

'' (1923) * '' The Scandal'' (1923) * '' The Gay Corinthian'' (1924) * ''

Nets of Destiny ''Nets of Destiny'' is a 1924 British drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Stewart Rome, Mary Odette and Gertrude McCoy. It was an adaptation of the novel ''The Salving of a Derelict'' by Maurice Drake. The screenplay concerns a s ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Wine of Life ''The Wine of Life'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Clive Brook, Juliette Compton and James Carew. The screenplay concerns a newly divorced woman who falls in love with an artist and a hypnotist at th ...

'' (1924) * '' The Diamond Man'' (1924) * '' The Blue Peter'' (1928) Actor * ''

'' (1918) * '' God's Clay'' (1919)

References

Bibliography

* Bamford, Kenton. ''Distored Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999.

External links

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