''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' is a 1923 British silent

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

directed by Charles Calvert and starring Ivor Novello, Gladys Cooper, and

Hugh Miller Hugh Miller (10 October 1802 – 23/24 December 1856) was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Life and work Miller was born in Cromarty, the first of three children of Harriet Wright ('' ...

. It is now considered a

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Premise

The film depicts the

Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took pl ...

and its aftermath when the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart evaded capture by the forces loyal to the Hanoverians, and escaped to the Continental Europe with the help of

Flora MacDonald Flora MacDonald ( Gaelic: ''Fionnghal nic Dhòmhnaill'', 1722 - 5 March 1790) was a member of Clan Macdonald of Sleat, best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her famil ...

Cast

* Ivor Novello as Prince Charles Stuart * Gladys Cooper as

* A.B. Imeson as the

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as Robert Fraser * Sydney Seaward as Neal McEachinn *Benson Kleve as Donald MacPherson *

Adeline Hayden Coffin Adeline Maria Elisabeth Hayden Coffin (née de Leuw; 20 June 1862 – 31 March 1939) was a German-born British actress. In an advertisement for her professional availability in 1921 she described herself, or was described by her agent, as suita ...

as Lady Clanronald *

Arthur Wontner Arthur Wontner (21 January 1875 – 10 July 1960) was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931 to 1937. Career Wontner's acting career began on the stage where h ...

as Lord Kingsburgh *

Nancy Price Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies a ...

as Lady Kingsburgh *

Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as ''Reach for the Sky'' (1956), ''Sink the Bismarck!'' ...

as George II * A. Bromley Davenport as Sir John Cope *Mollita Davies as Betty Burke *Robert Laing as MacDonald *Arthur McLaglen as MacKintosh

Production

While filming on location in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland S ...

, Novello grew so fond of his

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that he continued to wear it even when he was off set.Macnab p.37

References

Bibliography

* Macnab, Geoffrey. ''Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinenma''. Cassell, 2000. * Williams, Michael. ''Ivor Novello: Screen Idol''. BFI, 2003.

External links

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''Bonnie Prince Charlie''
at Silent Era
''Bonnie Prince Charlie''
at BFI Film & TV Database 1920s historical drama films British black-and-white films British silent feature films British historical drama films 1923 films Jacobite rising of 1745 films Films directed by Charles Calvert British biographical drama films Films set in the 18th century Films set in the 1740s Films set in Scotland Lost British films Charles Edward Stuart 1920s biographical drama films Lost drama films 1923 lost films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent historical drama films {{historic-film-stub