''Dicky Monteith'' is a 1922 British
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Kenelm Foss
Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director.
Early life and education
He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Par ...
and starring
Stewart Rome,
Joan Morgan
Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist.
Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henle ...
and
Jack Minister.
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/ref> Its plot involves a lawyer who tries to con a drunken client out of a large sum of money. It is an adaptation of a play by Tom Gallon
Tom Gallon (5 December 1866 – 4 November 1914) was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist Nellie Tom-Gallon, who founded the Tom-Gallon Trust AwardLeon M. Lion
Leon Marks Lion (12 March 1879 – 28 March 1947) was an English stage and film actor, playwright, theatrical director and producer. He starred in Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's 1925 hit play '' Number 17'' as well as its subsequent 1932 film adaptat ...
.
Cast
* Stewart Rome as Dicky Monteith
* Joan Morgan
Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist.
Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henle ...
as Sally/Dorothy Weston
* Jack Minister as Vincent Hepburn
* Douglas Munro as– Mayor
* Nelson Ramsey as Barty
* Jack Frost as Ginger
* Gertrude Sterroll
Gertrude Sterroll was a British stage and film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Bars of Iron'' (1920)
* '' The Shadow Between'' (1920)
* ''Dicky Monteith'' (1922)
* ''Potter's Clay'' (1922)
* '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922)
* ''The Wine of Li ...
as– Miss Tillotson
* David Hallett as Gilbert Collingwood
* James English as Sydney Carton
* Fay Segel as Lucy Manette
* A.B. Imeson as Charles Darnay
* 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 Defarge
* Irene Tripod
Irene Tripod was a British actress of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''The Romance of Lady Hamilton'' (1919)
* '' The Mystery Road'' (1921)
* '' The House of Peril'' (1922)
* ''Dicky Monteith'' (1922)
* '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1923)
* ...
as Madame Defarge
* Kenelm Foss
Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director.
Early life and education
He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Par ...
as Charles Dickens
References
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1922 films
1922 drama films
British films based on plays
Films directed by Kenelm Foss
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films
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