''Chance the Idol'' (German: ''Die Spielerin'') is a 1927 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...
directed by
Graham Cutts
John Henry Graham Cutts (1884 – 7 February 1958), known as Graham Cutts, was a British film director, one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built ...
and starring
Jack Trevor
Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between ...
,
Agnes Esterhazy
Agnes or Agness may refer to:
People
*Agnes (name), the given name, and a list of people named Agnes or Agness
* Wilfrid Marcel Agnès (1920–2008), Canadian diplomat
Places
* Agnes, Georgia, United States, a ghost town
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and
Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor.
Early life
Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...
. It was based on a play by
Henry Arthur Jones
Henry Arthur Jones (20 September 1851 – 7 January 1929) was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama '' The Silver King'' (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from the opposite (conserv ...
. Cutts was working in Germany at the time for
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, north London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The com ...
.
Cast
*
Jack Trevor
Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between ...
as Golding
*
Agnes Esterhazy
Agnes or Agness may refer to:
People
*Agnes (name), the given name, and a list of people named Agnes or Agness
* Wilfrid Marcel Agnès (1920–2008), Canadian diplomat
Places
* Agnes, Georgia, United States, a ghost town
*Agnes, Missouri, United ...
as Ellen
*
Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor.
Early life
Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...
as Ryves
*
Gertrud de Lalsky
Gertrud de Lalsky (27 January 1878 in Danzig – 16 September 1958 in Berlin) was a German actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Catherine the Great'' (1920)
* ''Hypnosis'' (1920)
* ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922)
* ''The Island of Tears'' (1923)
* ''Pra ...
as Lady Nowell
*
Philipp Manning
Philipp Manning (23 November 1869 – 9 April 1951) was a British-born German actor. He was born in Lewisham to a British father and a German mother. He was sent to Germany for his education and settled there. He often played British characters i ...
as Mr. Farndon
* Dene Morel as Alan
*
Frida Richard
Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916)
* '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916)
* '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917)
...
as Mrs. Farndon
*
Elza Temary
Elza Temary lsa Temary(12 February 1905 – 16 February 1968) was a Hungarian film actress.
Personal life
Elza Temary was born Elza Klecker in what is today Timișoara, Romania.(March 4, 1933). Marriage record: Philip Matthiessen Chancellor (25) ...
as Sylvia
Bibliography
* Cook, Pam. ''Gainsborough Pictures''. Cassell, 1997.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1927 films
German drama films
German silent feature films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1927 drama films
Films directed by Graham Cutts
Films set in London
Films set in England
German films based on plays
National Film films
German black-and-white films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
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