''Hard Times'' is a 1915 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, ''The Man in the Street'' (1926), '' ...

and starring

Bransby Williams Bransby Williams (born Bransby William Pharez; 14 August 1870 – 3 December 1961) was a British actor, comedian and monologist. He became known as "The Irving of the music halls". Early years Born in Hackney, London, the son of William Me ...

Leon M. Lion Leon Marks Lion (12 March 1879 – 28 March 1947) was an English stage and film actor, playwright, theatrical director and producer. He starred in Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's 1925 hit play '' Number 17'' as well as its subsequent 1932 film adaptat ...

and Dorothy Bellew. It is based on the 1854 novel '' Hard Times'' by

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

Cast

as Gradgrind *

as Tom Gradgrind * Dorothy Bellew as Louisa *

Madge Tree Madge Tree (1875–1947) was a British actress of the silent era. She was born in West Derby, Liverpool and died in Paddington, London. Selected filmography * '' Hard Times'' (1915) * '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1917) * ''The Garden of Resurr ...

as Rachael * Mr. Forrest as Stephen Blackpool * F. Lymons as Josiah Bounderby *

Will Corrie Will Corrie (14 January 1867 - 1950) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Hard Times (1915 film), Hard Times'' (1915) * ''The Laughing Cavalier (film), The Laughing Cavalier'' (1917) * ''The Manxman (1917 film), The M ...

as Sleary * Clara Cooper as Cissie Jupe * J. Wynn Slater as James Harthouse

Bibliography

* Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. ''From Page To Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel'' . Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000 * Mee, John. ''The Cambridge Introduction to Charles Dickens''. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

External links

* 1915 films 1910s historical drama films British historical drama films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Thomas Bentley British silent feature films Films based on British novels Films based on works by Charles Dickens Films set in the 19th century Works about the Industrial Revolution Films set in England British black-and-white films 1915 drama films 1910s British films Silent historical drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub