George Clark (1888-1946) was a British

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and

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during the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. For many years Clark worked with the British star

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 direc ...

, whom he had met during the

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. Together they founded Lucky Cat Films and later George Clark Productions, securing a

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arrangement with the larger Stoll Pictures. After initially working out of a studio on

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, they raised finance to construct

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and work began in 1921. They opened the new studio the following year, but after being hit by the

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remained largely inactive for the rest of the decade. Clark later sold the studios to the

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in 1929.Low p.220

Selected filmography

Producer

* ''

Duke's Son ''Duke's Son'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Franklin Dyall and starring Guy Newall, Ivy Duke and Hugh Buckler.Low p.147 Cast * Guy Newall as Lord Francis Delamere * Ivy Duke as Loan Lambourne * Hugh Buckler as Sir Robe ...

'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Bigamist'' (1921) * '' The Persistent Lovers'' (1921) * ''

Boy Woodburn ''Boy Woodburn'' is a 1922 British silent sports film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Mary Rorke. It is set in the world of English horse racing.Bamford p.66 It was known in the United States by the alternative title ...

'' (1922) * '' A Maid of the Silver Sea'' (1922) * '' Fox Farm'' (1922) * ''

The Starlit Garden ''The Starlit Garden'' is a 1923 British silent romantic film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, Lawford Davidson and Mary Rorke. The film is set in Italy and concerns a doomed romance between a ward and her guardian. It wa ...

'' (1923)

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997. * Warren, Patricia. ''British Film Studios: An Illustrated History''. Batsford, 2001.

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* 1888 births 1946 deaths English male silent film actors English film producers People from Bromley Male actors from Kent 20th-century English male actors 20th-century English businesspeople {{UK-film-producer-stub