''If Youth But Knew'' is a 1926 British
silent romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
George A. Cooper and starring
Godfrey Tearle
Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle (12 October 1884 – 9 June 1953) was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential British gentleman on stage and in both British and US films.
Biography
Born in New York City and brought up in Britain, he was t ...
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Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films.
Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London ...
and
Wyndham Standing
Charles Wyndham Standing''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c. 2001 page 497 (23 August 1880 – 1 February 1963) was an English film actor.
Early years
Standing was born in London, England and died in Los An ...
.
It is a love story spanning two generations. It was made at
Southall Studios.
Cast
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Godfrey Tearle
Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle (12 October 1884 – 9 June 1953) was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential British gentleman on stage and in both British and US films.
Biography
Born in New York City and brought up in Britain, he was t ...
- Doctor Martin Summer
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Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films.
Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London ...
- Dora / Doreen
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Wyndham Standing
Charles Wyndham Standing''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c. 2001 page 497 (23 August 1880 – 1 February 1963) was an English film actor.
Early years
Standing was born in London, England and died in Los An ...
- Sir Ormsby Ledger
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Mary Odette
Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born film actress.
Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number o ...
- Loanda
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Mary Rorke
Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke
- Mrs. Romney
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Patrick Waddington
Patrick William Simpson Waddington (19 August 19014 February 1987) was an English actor, educated at Gresham's School at Holt in Norfolk. He was born and died in York, England.
Biography
Waddington was the grandson of William Waddington, the p ...
- Arthur Noel-Vane
* May Beamish - Mrs. Summer
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Minnie Rayner
Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress.
In 1889, while in South Africa, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was staged ...
- Martha
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Forrester Harvey
Forrester Harvey (27 June 1884 – 14 December 1945) was an Irish film actor.
From 1922 until his death year Harvey appeared in more than 115 films. He was credited for about two-thirds of his film appearances, but some of his roles were un ...
- Amos
* Donald Walcot - Aulole
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Orlando Martins
Orlando Martins (8 December 1899 – 25 September 1985) was a pioneering Yoruba Nigerian film and stage actor. In the late 1940s, he was one of Britain's most prominent and leading black actors, and in a poll conducted in 1947, he was listed a ...
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1926 films
1920s romance films
Films directed by George A. Cooper
Films shot at Southall Studios
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
British romance films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
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