''Fires of Fate'' is a 1932 British
adventure film directed by
Norman Walker Norman Walker may refer to:
*Norman Walker (bass) (1907–1963), English bass opera singer
* Norman W. Walker (1886–1985), British-American raw food and alternative health advocate
*Norman Walker (director) (1892–1963), British film director
* ...
and starring
Lester Matthews
Arthur Lester Matthews (6 June 1900 – 5 June 1975) was an English actor. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews pla ...
,
Kathleen O'Regan and
Dorothy Bartlam
Dorothy Ezard Bartlam (November 8, 1907 in Goole, Yorkshire – September, 1991 in Bournemouth, Hampshire) was an English actress.
Filmography
* '' A Woman Redeemed'' (1927)
* '' The Fake'' (1927)
* '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1928)
* '' Not ...
.
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/ref> It was adapted from the 1909 play ''Fires of Fate'' by Arthur Conan Doyle which was in turn based on his 1898 novel ''The Tragedy of the Korosko
''The Tragedy of the Korosko'' (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in ''The Strand'' magazine between May and December 1897, and was later turned into a 1909 play ''Fires of Fate''.
Plot summary
A gro ...
''.
Cast
* Lester Matthews
Arthur Lester Matthews (6 June 1900 – 5 June 1975) was an English actor. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews pla ...
as Lt. Col Egerton
* Kathleen O'Regan as Nora Belmont
* Dorothy Bartlam
Dorothy Ezard Bartlam (November 8, 1907 in Goole, Yorkshire – September, 1991 in Bournemouth, Hampshire) was an English actress.
Filmography
* '' A Woman Redeemed'' (1927)
* '' The Fake'' (1927)
* '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1928)
* '' Not ...
as Kay Byrne
* Jean Cadell
Jean Dunlop Cadell (13 September 1884 – 29 September 1967) was a Scottish character actress. Although her married name was Jean Dunlop Perceval-Clark she retained her maiden name in the context of acting.
Life and career
She was born at 4 ...
as Miss Byrne
* Donald Calthrop
Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor.
Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatr ...
as Sir William Royden
* Hubert Harben
Leonard Hubert S Harben (12 July 1878 – 24 August 1941) was an English stage and film actor. He was married to the actress Mary Jerrold and father of celebrity chef Philip Harben.
Selected filmography
* '' Mr. Pim Passes By'' (1921)
* ''Every ...
as Rev. Mark Royden
* Clifford Heatherley
Clifford Heatherley Lamb (8 October 1888 in Preston, Lancashire – 15 September 1937 in London) was an English stage and film actor.
Filmography
* ''Henry VIII'' (1911)
* ''Bleak House'' (1920)
* '' The Tavern Knight'' (1920)
* '' The Mys ...
sa Abdullah
* Arthur Chesney
Arthur William Kellaway (21 November 1881 – 27 August 1949), known as Arthur Chesney, was an English character actor who worked on stage and screen.
Biography
He was born 21 November 1881 in Hampstead, London, the son of John and Catherine K ...
as Mr. Braddell
* Jack Raine
Thomas Foster "Jack" Raine (18 May 1897 – 30 May 1979) was an English stage, television and film actor.
He was a leading man of the British cinema in the late twenties and early thirties in such films as ''The Hate Ship'' (1929), '' Raise the ...
as Filbert Frayne
* Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh (21 June 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor.
Born Leslie Marsh Gerahty in St Margarets, Surrey, his parents were George and Laura. His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist ...
as Captain Archer
References
External links
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1932 films
1932 adventure films
British adventure films
Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
1930s English-language films
Films directed by Norman Walker
Films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle
Films based on British novels
British films based on plays
Films set in Egypt
British black-and-white films
Films based on adaptations
1930s British films
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