''In the Ranks'' is a 1914 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

Percy Nash The English surname Percy is of Normans, Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came i ...

and starring

Gregory Scott Gregory Scott was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born Gregory Scott Frances on 15 December 1879 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. Selected filmography * ''Enoch Arden'' (1914) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''In the Ranks'' ...

Daisy Cordell Daisy Cordell was a British actress of the silent era. She was born in Hong Kong and died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. She was married to the actor Evelyn Roberts. Selected filmography * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''In the Ranks'' ( ...

and James Lindsay.Goble p.430

Cast

as Ned / John Drayton *

as Jocelyn Hare * James Lindsay as Captain Holcroft *

Peggy Hyland Peggy Hyland (born Gladys Lucy Hutchinson; 11 June 1884 – 19 September 1973) was an English silent film actress who after a brief period on the stage had a successful career as a silent film actress, appearing in at least 40 films in Great B ...

as Barbara Herrick *

Douglas Payne Douglas Payne (1875 in England – 3 August 1965 in London, England) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Maria Marten'' (1913) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''In the Ranks'' (1914) * ''Enoch Arden'' (1914) * '' ...

as Richard Belton *

Frank Tennant Frank Tennant (10 August 1876 – 13 January 1971) was a British stage and screen actor Frank Tennant was born Thomas Henry Merriman in Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire. He died at age 94 in Horsmonden, Kent. Selected filmography * ''The Mur ...

as Captain Wynter *

Joan Ritz Joan Ritz (c. 1882 – 6 November 1956) was a British actress of the silent era. She was born Jessie Rihll in West Ham, London, UK and died in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. From 1912 to her death she was married to Percy Nash, who directed numer ...

as Ruth Herrick * Edward Sass as Gidgeon Blake *

Jack Denton John Fleming St. Andrew Denton (11 September 1872 – 19 April 1949) was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Denton was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and died at age 76 in Redhill, Surrey. Selected filmography Ac ...

as Joe Buzzard *

John East John East (died 1856) was a 19th-century Anglican clergyman and writer. At Oxford he was a friend of William Henry Havergal. He became: * Rector of Croscombe, Somerset (some of his earlier writings were published in Evesham Evesham () is a ...

as Farmer Herrick * Douglas Cox as Sergeant Searle * Ruby Wyndham as Mrs. Buzzard

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1914 films 1914 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films directed by Percy Nash British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent drama films {{UK-silent-film-stub