''Half a Truth'' is a 1922 British silent

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an OB ...

and starring Margaret Hope,

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 –1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Cha ...

and

Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Mile ...

.Murphy p.294 It was based on a 1911 novel by

Eliza Humphreys Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys (14 June 1850 – 1 January 1938) (born Gollan) was an English novelist. Biography Eliza Margaret Jane Gollan was born at Gollanfield in Inverness-shire, the daughter of John Gollan, a Scottish businessman and ...

writing as Rita.

Cast

* Margaret Hope as Virginia *

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 –1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Cha ...

as Chris Kennaway *

as Marquis Sallast *

Norma Whalley Norma Whalley (? – 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain. Biography Whalley was the daughter of Henry Octavius Whalley, a doctor working in Sydney, Australia. During the late 1890s she toured ...

as Lady Lucille Altamont * Irene Rooke as Octavia Madison *

Percy Standing Percy Standing (26 October 1882 – 17 September 1950) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was born in Lambeth, London and died in Placer County, California. Selected filmography ...

as Sir Richard Madison * Phillip Simmons as Barry Connell * Stella Wood-Sims as Doreen Madison

References

Bibliography

* Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. BFI, 2006.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 crime films British silent feature films British crime films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films based on British novels Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub