''Enoch Arden'' is a 1914 British
silent drama film
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directed by
Percy Nash
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and starring
Gerald Lawrence
Gerald Leslie Lawrence (23 March 1873 – 9 May 1957) was a British actor and manager.
Lawrence was born in London in 1873, the son of Emily Mills ''née'' Asher (1832-1912) and John Moss Lawrence (1827-1888), an investor. Lawrence studied sta ...
,
Fay Davis
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Early life
Fay Davis was born December 15, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the ...
and
Ben Webster
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Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
.
It was based on the 1864 poem ''
Enoch Arden
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Cast
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Gerald Lawrence
Gerald Leslie Lawrence (23 March 1873 – 9 May 1957) was a British actor and manager.
Lawrence was born in London in 1873, the son of Emily Mills ''née'' Asher (1832-1912) and John Moss Lawrence (1827-1888), an investor. Lawrence studied sta ...
- Enoch Arden
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Fay Davis
Fay Davis (December 15, 1872 – March 1, 1945) was an American stage actress from Boston, Massachusetts who was a star of many Shakespearean plays.
Early life
Fay Davis was born December 15, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the ...
- Annie Lee
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Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
- Philip Ray
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Dame May Whitty - Miriam Lane
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Gregory Scott
Gregory Scott was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born Gregory Scott Frances on 15 December 1879 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England.
Selected filmography
* ''Enoch Arden'' (1914)
* '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914)
* ''In the Ranks'' ...
- Charles
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John Marlborough East - John Lane
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Douglas Payne
Douglas Payne (1875 in England – 3 August 1965 in London, England) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* '' Maria Marten'' (1913)
* '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914)
* ''In the Ranks'' (1914)
* ''Enoch Arden'' (1914)
* '' ...
- The Priest
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Joan Ritz
* Douglas Cox
References
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1914 films
1914 drama films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Percy Nash
Films based on Enoch Arden
British drama films
British black-and-white films
1910s English-language films
1910s British films
Silent drama films
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