''Love in a Wood'' is a 1915 British silent

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directed by

Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He a ...

and starring

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 ...

Elisabeth Risdon Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1913 and 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later ...

and

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 ...

. The film is a contemporary-set version of

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's play '' As You Like It''.Murphy p.178

Cast

as Orlando *

Vera Cuningham Vera Cuningham (also known as Vera Cunningham) (6 November 1897 – 3 May 1955) was a British artist. Cuningham modeled for and had relationships with fellow artists Bernard Meninsky and Matthew Smith. She lived and exhibited her works in Londo ...

as Celia *

as Oliver *

Cyril Percival Cyril Percival (1889–1948) was a British film actor of the silent era.Goble p.122 Selected filmography * '' Love in a Wood'' (1915) * ''The Princess of Happy Chance ''The Princess of Happy Chance'' is a 1917 British silent romance film dir ...

as Rosalind * Frank Stanmore as Touchstone *

Dolly Tree Dolly Tree (17 March 1899 – 17 May 1962) was an English illustrator, actress and costume designer who during the 1930s and 1940s designed dresses for Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Rosalind Russell, Maureen O'Sullivan and Judy Garland among others ...

References

Bibliography

* Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. British Film Institute, 2006.

External links

* 1915 films British comedy films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey 1915 comedy films British films based on plays British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent comedy films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub