''Melody of Death'' is a 1922 British silent

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Floyd Martin Thornton Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director active in the United Kingdom in the 1910s and 1920s. He also directed films for the Natural Color Kin ...

and starring

Philip Anthony Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

, Enid R. Reed and Dick Sutherd.Low p.410 It is an adaptation of the 1915 novel '' The Melody of Death'' by

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...

Cast

as Gilbert Standerton * Enid R. Reed as Enid Cathcart * Dick Sutherd as George Wallis *

H. Agar Lyons Harry Agar Lyons (1 April 1878 – 1944) was an Irish-born British actor. He was born in Cork (city), Cork, Ireland in 1878 and died in Wandsworth, London, England in 1944 at age 72. Lyons is best known for playing Fu Manchu in a series of fi ...

as Sir John Standerton *

Frank Petley Frank Petley (sometimes credited as Frank B. or Frank E. Petley) (28 March 1872 – 12 January 1945) was a British actor prominent in the Edwardian theatre and silent era cinema. During the Second World War he performed with The Old Vic Company ...

Hetta Bartlett Hetta Bartlett (1 May 1877 – May 1947) was an English stage and film actress whose career spanned both the West End and Broadway. She is known for Sonia (1921), The Lady of the Lake (1928) and Honour in Pawn (1916). Early life She was bor ...

as Mrs Cathcart * Bob Vallis

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 crime films British crime films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton Films based on British novels Films based on works by Edgar Wallace Stoll Pictures films British black-and-white films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub