''Once Aboard the Lugger'' is a 1920 British silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

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 ...

and Gaston Quiribet and starring E. Holman Clark,

Eileen Dennes Eileen Dennes (1 February 1898 – 22 January 1991) was an Irish-born actress of the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and em ...

and

Evan Thomas Evan Welling Thomas III (born April 25, 1951) is an American journalist, historian, and author. He is the author of nine books, including two ''New York Times'' bestsellers. Early life and career Thomas was born in Huntington, New York, and r ...

.Goble p.894

Plot

A hard-up student kidnaps his rich uncle's cat.

Cast

* E. Holman Clark as Mr. Marrapit *

as Mary Humfray *

as George * Denis Cowles as Bill Wyvern *

Reginald Bach Reginald Bach (3 September 1886 – 6 January 1941) was a British actor and theatrical producer. Early life and career Born in Shepperton, Middlesex, England, Bach was educated at Dean Close School, in Cheltenham Spa, the family having moved to ...

as Bob Chater *

Gwynne Herbert Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress. Partial filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The Christian'' (1915) * ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915) * '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * '' T ...

as Mrs. Major * John MacAndrews as Fletcher * Winifred Sadler as Mrs. Chater * Frederick Lewis as Vyvian Howard *

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 comedy films British silent feature films British comedy films Seafaring films British black-and-white films Hepworth Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent comedy films Silent adventure films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub