Edwin J. Collins (1875 – 14 January 1937) was a British

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of the

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Selected filmography

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Doing His Bit ''Doing His Bit'' is a 1917 Cinema of the United Kingdom, British silent film, silent comedy film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring George Robey and Marjorie Hume andHoward Boddey. It was one of a number of films featuring Robey, one of t ...

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Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer * Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in ...

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God and the Man ''God and the Man'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey and Bert Wynne. It was adapted from an 1881 novel by Robert Buchanan. Cast * Langhorn Burton - Christiansen * Joy ...

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Calvary Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early mediev ...

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Miss Charity ''Miss Charity'' is a 1921 British silent romance film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Margery Meadows, Dick Webb and Joan Lockton. It was based on the 1908 novel by Keble Howard, who praised the final film. Cast * Margery Meado ...

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The God in the Garden ''The God in the Garden'' is a 1921 British silent film, silent comedy film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Edith Craig, Arthur Pusey and Mabel Poulton. In the film, Cupid brings love to anyone who enters a spinster's garden. The story ...

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Stella Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters *Stella (given name), including a list of characters with th ...

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Single Life ''Single Life'' is a 1985 album by the funk group Cameo. The album reached No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 58 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. It contained the hit singles " Attack Me With Your Love", which reached No. 3 R ...

'' (1921) * '' Esmeralda'' (1922) * '' The Green Caravan'' (1922) * '' The Taming of the Shrew'' (1923) * '' A Gamble with Hearts'' (1923)

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* 1875 births 1937 deaths British film directors People from Cheltenham {{UK-film-director-stub