''Fox Farm'' is a 1922

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silent

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directed by

Guy Newall Guy Newall (25 May 1885 – 25 February 1937) was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film '' The Heart of Sister Ann''. In 1920 he dire ...

and starring Newall,

Ivy Duke Ivy Duke (9 June 1896, Kensington, London – 8 November 1937, London) was a British actress.Ivy Duke
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and

Barbara Everest Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film ''The Man Without a Soul''. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 his ...

. It is based on the 1911 novel '' Fox Farm'' by

Warwick Deeping George Warwick Deeping (28 May 1877 – 20 April 1950) was an English novelist and short story writer, whose best-known novel was '' Sorrell and Son'' (1925). Life Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of physicians, Warwick Deeping ...

. A farmer's wife becomes obsessed with the high life, and abandons him after he loses his sight. It was made at

Beaconsfield Studios Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British television and film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, TV shows - until the 1960s. B ...

.Warren p.11 Unlike many of the era, the film is still extant.

Cast

- James Falconer *

Ivy Duke Ivy Duke (9 June 1896, Kensington, London – 8 November 1937, London) was a British actress.Ivy Duke
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- Ann Wetherall *

- Kate Falconer * Cameron Carr - Jack Rickerby * A. Bromley Davenport - Sam Wetherall * Charles Evemy - Slim Wetherall * John Alexander - Jacob Boase

References

Bibliography

* Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. * Warren, Patricia. ''British Film Studios: An Illustrated History''. Batsford, 2001.

External links

* 1922 films Silent British drama films 1922 drama films British black-and-white films British silent feature films Films directed by Guy Newall Films based on British novels Films set in England Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios 1920s English-language films 1920s British films English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub