''Lights of London'' is a 1923 British silent

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directed by Charles Calvert and starring

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and

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. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama ''

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'' by George Sims and was made at the Lime Grove Studios.

Cast

as Bess Marks *

as Harold Armytage *

as Clifford Armytage * James Lindsay as Seth Preene *

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as Hetty Preene * Cecil Morton York as Sir Oliver Armytage * Dorothy Fane as Belle * A. Harding Steerman as Bertram Marks * H.R. Hignett as Simon Jarvis *

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as Mrs. Jarvis

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1923 films 1923 drama films British drama films Films directed by Charles Calvert British silent feature films British films based on plays Films set in London Films shot at Lime Grove Studios British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub