''Nelson'', also cited as ''Nelson: The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero'', is a 1918 British
historical film
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directed by
Maurice Elvey
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and starring
Donald Calthrop
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Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatr ...
,
Malvina Longfellow
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Early life
Born in the city of ...
and
Ivy Close
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Its
screenplay
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Background
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is based on the biography of Admiral
Horatio Nelson
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by
Robert Southey
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.
Cast
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Donald Calthrop
Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor.
Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatr ...
- Horatio Nelson
*
Malvina Longfellow
Malvina Virginia Longfellow (March 30, 1889 – November 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.''Sunday Magazine, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 23, 1916, Page 34.
Early life
Born in the city of ...
- Lady Hamilton
*
Ivy Close
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*
Ernest Thesiger
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Biography
E ...
- Wiliam Pitt
*
Allan Jeayes
Allan John Jeayes (19 January 1885 – 20 September 1963) was an English stage and film actor.
Jeayes was born in London Borough of Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, the son of Isaac Herbert Jeayes, archivist and Assistant Keeper of Manuscript ...
- Sir William Hamilton
*
Edward O'Neill - King of Naples
*
Teddy Arundell
Teddy Arundell (1873 in Devon – 5 November 1922, in London) was a British film actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lyons Mail'' (1916)
* ''Justice'' (1917)
* ''Nelson'' (1918)
* '' The Swindler'' (1918)
* ''The Splendid Cowar ...
- Captain Berry
*
Eric Barker
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- Nelson as a child
References
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1918 films
1910s historical films
British black-and-white films
British historical films
British biographical films
British silent feature films
1910s English-language films
Cultural depictions of Emma, Lady Hamilton
Napoleonic Wars naval films
Seafaring films
Films directed by Maurice Elvey
Films set in the 1800s
Films based on biographies
Cultural depictions of Horatio Nelson
1910s biographical films
1910s British films
Silent adventure films
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