''Darby and Joan'' is a 1920 British

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directed by

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and starring

Derwent Hall Caine Sir Derwent Hall Caine, 1st Baronet (12 September 18912 December 1971) was a British actor, publisher and Labour politician. Biography Caine was the son of British novelist Hall Caine and his wife Mary Chandler. He was born at Keswick in Cumb ...

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Ivy Close Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929.

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and

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. The screenplay was written by the novelist

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and set on the

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Plot

Sir Patrick and Lady Gorry sit by the fireside, and turning the pages of an old album, recall their past life. As a boy Patrick's mother, a widow, kept the mill in a small village in the

. Sayle Moore, a large landowner, diverted the mill stream to create an artificial lake in his grounds, robbing the widow of her means of earning a living and bringing poverty to the Gorry's house. Mrs. Gorry and her son Patrick were left nearly destitute and in her heart there grew a great bitterness. She opened a small shop and earned enough for her son's education. One night Mrs. Gorry made her son kneel down and swear vengeance on Sayle Moore. Moore had a daughter of whom he was fond. Patrick Gorry and Sheila Moore fell in love. Their parents would not agree to the marriage, particularly as Patrick has to stand trial on a charge of manslaughter, of which he is acquitted. The young couple married without consent and moved to London where Patrick reads for the bar to which he is called. After a long struggle with poverty he rises in his profession, becoming a judge. Moore came to see Patrick, and wanted to adopt his little son, but the parents would not consent. Later the little boy was accidentally killed by his grandfather's carriage. The years passed on and Patrick was made a Judge. As a Judge he had to try the case of the man who in his early years had victimised the Gorry family. Patrick has the opportunity of securing the acquittal of the youth to whom his daughter is engaged, who like himself, has to stand in the dock to answer a charge of murder. They are only reconciled to their parents at the end of Sayle Moore's life, but have the satisfaction of assisting Mrs. Gorry in her declining years.

Cast

- Patrick Gorry *

Ivy Close Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929.

- Sheila Moore *

- Reginald Stevenson *

- Elin Gorry *

Joan Ritz Joan Ritz (c. 1882 – 6 November 1956) was a British actress of the silent era. She was born Jessie Rihll in West Ham, London, UK and died in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. From 1912 to her death she was married to Percy Nash, who directed numer ...

- Lizzie *

- Mrs Gorry * Edward O'Neill - Sayle Moore * Douglas Munro - Malatesta *

Ernest A. Douglas Ernest A. Douglas was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Rock of Ages'' (1918) * '' Linked by Fate'' (1919) * ''Darby and Joan'' (1920) * ''The Call of the Road'' (1920) * '' Ernest Maltravers'' (1920) * '' Dangerous Li ...

- Joseph Montague * Edward Craig - David Montagne * Mary Taviner - Sheila

References

External links

* 1920 films Films directed by Percy Nash 1920 drama films British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub