''Dick Turpin's Ride to York'' is a 1922 British historical
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) ...
drama directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Isobel Elsom and Cecil Humphreys. It was the first feature-length film of the story of the famous 18th-century
highwayman Dick Turpin
Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ea ...
and his legendary overnight ride from London to
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
on his mount
Black Bess
Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ear ...
.
''Dick Turpin's Ride to York'' was for many years assumed by film historians to be completely
lost
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Geography
*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
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History
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. However two reels of the film were among several rediscoveries in a private collection in the United States in 2003.
"The Serial Squadron Recovers Lost Silent Era Nitrate Films"
Silent Era: Information and News. ''Retrieved 21 September 2010''
Cast
* Matheson Lang
Matheson Alexander Lang (May 15, 1879 – April 11, 1948) was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.
Biography
Lang w ...
as Dick Turpin
* Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom (born Isabelle Reed; 16 March 1893 – 12 January 1981) was an English film, theatre, and television actress. She was often cast as aristocrats or upper-class women.
Early years
Born in Chesterton, Cambridge, Elsom attend ...
as Esther Bevis
* Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947) was a British film and theatre actor who played in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats, and generals. Among his best-known roles were Judge Linton, in the 1939 version ...
as Lytton Glover
* Norman Page
Norman Page (born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshiredied 4 July 1935 in London) was a British actor. He is best known for his portrayal of David Lloyd George, Prime Minister during the First World War, in the 1918 film ''The Life Story of David Lloyd ...
as Ferret Bevis
* 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 Tom King
* Lily Iris as Sally Dutton
* Malcolm Todd as Sir Charles Weston
* Madame d'Esterre as Lady Weston
See also
*Hippodrama
Hippodrama, horse drama, or equestrian drama is a genre of theatrical show blending circus horsemanship display with popular melodrama theatre.
Definition
Kimberly Poppiti defines hippodrama as "plays written or performed to include a live horse ...
, a stage play in which live horses feature as characters
References
External links
*
''Dick Turpin's Ride to York''
at BFI Film & TV Database
1922 films
British silent feature films
British historical drama films
British black-and-white films
Films directed by Maurice Elvey
Films set in the 1730s
Films set in England
Films set in York
1920s historical drama films
Cultural depictions of Dick Turpin
Lost British films
1922 drama films
1922 lost films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent historical drama films
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