''John Forrest Finds Himself'' is a 1920 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
Henry Edwards and starring Edwards,
Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...
and
Gerald Ames
Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ...
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Cast
* Henry Edwards - John Forrest
* Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...
- Joan Grey
* Gerald Ames
Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ...
- Ezra Blott
* Hugh Clifton
Hugh Clifton was an English actor of the silent era born in London.
Selected filmography
* ''John Forrest Finds Himself'' (1920)
* ''Mr. Justice Raffles'' (1921)
* ''Tansy'' (1921)
* ''The Narrow Valley'' (1921)
* ''Dollars in Surrey'' (1921)
* ...
- O'Reilly
* Gwynne Herbert
Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress.
Partial filmography
* ''Liberty Hall'' (1914)
* '' The Christian'' (1915)
* ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915)
* '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915)
* '' T ...
- Mrs. Forrest
* Henry Vibart
Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – 30 August 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era ...
- Mr. Forrest
* Mary Brough
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
- Biddy
* Eileen Dennes
Eileen Dennes (1 February 1898 – 22 January 1991) was an Irish-born actress of the silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and em ...
- The Pet
* John MacAndrews - Carter Joe
* Victor Prout - Stephen Grey
* John Deverell
John Deverell (30 May 1880 in London, England – 2 March 1965 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
* ''John Forrest Finds Himself'' (1920) – The Hon. Vere Blair
* '' Children of Chance'' (1930) – Ha ...
- Hon, Vere Blair
* Marion Dyer - Sylvia Grey
References
External links
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1920 films
British silent feature films
1920s romance films
Films directed by Henry Edwards
Hepworth Pictures films
British black-and-white films
British romance films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
English-language romance films
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