''I Will'' is a 1919 British silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Par ...

and Hubert Herrick and starring

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 ...

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

Dorothy Minto Dorothy Minto ('' née'' Scott) ( – 6 December 1957) was a prominent actress on the London stage between 1905 and the mid-1930s, notably appearing in the first runs of several plays written by George Bernard Shaw. She also featured in a s ...

.Low p.146 In order to be able to marry a beautiful daughter of a

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

, a wealthy young

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gains a job as a

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Cast

as Lord Eustace Dorsingham *

Ivy Duke Ivy Duke (9 June 1896, Kensington, London – 8 November 1937, London) was a British actress.Ivy Duke
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as Ida Sturge *

as Mrs. Giles *

Cyril Raymond Cyril William North Raymond MBE (13 February 1899 – 20 March 1973) was a British character actor. He maintained a stage and screen career from his teens until his retirement, caused by ill health, in the 1960s. His many stage, film and tele ...

as Harris Giles * Ronald Power as Bart Sturge *

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 Kiffin *

Wallace Bosco Wallace Charles Bosco (31 January 1880 in St Pancras, London – 1973 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey) was an English film actor and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer ...

as Sherlock Blake * Percy Crawford as Boosey * Lyell Johnstone as Professor Biggs *

Philip Hewland Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini. Selected filmography * '' The Christian'' (1915) * '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916) * ''Ar ...

as Landlord

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1919 films 1919 comedy films British silent feature films Silent British comedy films Films directed by Kenelm Foss Films set in England British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub