''Nance'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by Albert Ward and starring

Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom (born Isabelle Reed; 16 March 1893 – 12 January 1981) was an English film, theatre, and television actress. She was often cast as aristocrats or upper-class women. Early years Born in Chesterton, Cambridge, Elsom attend ...

, James Lindsay and

Ivan Samson Ivan Samson (28 August 1894 – 1 May 1963) was a British stage, film and television actor. Samson appeared regularly in West End plays and from 1920 began appearing in British silent films. He played Viscount de Mornay in '' I Will Repay'' ...

. It was based on the novel '' Nance'' by Charles Garvice. It depicts the relationship between an aristocratic man and a working-class woman.Bamford p.75

Cast

as Nance Gray * James Lindsay as Lord Stoyle *

as Bernard Yorke *

Mary Forbes Mary Forbes (born Ethel Louise Young; 1 January 1883 – 22 July 1974) was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1919 and 1958.

as Felicia Damarche * J.R. Crawford * Percival Clarke * Bassett Roe * Howard Sturge

References

Bibliography

* Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Albert Ward Films based on American novels Films set in England British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub