''Once Upon a Time'' is a 1918 British silent

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by

Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, ''The Man in the Street'' (1926), '' ...

and starring Lauri de Frece,

Manora Thew Manora Alice Thew (12 April 1891 – 12 April 1987) was an English actress. She was born in Negapatam, Madras Presidency, British India, the daughter of Alice Maude ''née'' Turner (1865–1925) and Cuthbert Harrison Thew (1859–1928). In 1911 ...

and Dorothy Minto. The screenplay concerns a love affair that develops between a comedian and a clown's daughter.

Premise

Over the years a love affair slowly develops between a comedian and a clown's daughter.

Cast

Lauri de Frece Lauri de Frece (3 March 1880 – 25 August 1921) was an English actor and singer who appeared in musical theatre and in films of the silent era. His original name was Maurice de Frece. He was the younger brother of Walter de Frece and the husban ...

as Sam Dunn *

as Sally Drury * Dorothy Minto as Lottie Price *

Nelson Keys Nelson Keys (7 April 1886 in London, England – 26 April 1939 in London) was a British stage and film actor, a star in musical comedy and stage revue, including the 1924 ''Ziegfeld Follies''. He was the father of film producer Anthony Nelson Ke ...

as Harry Gwynne * Joan Legge as Mary Gwynne * A. E. Matthews as Guy Travers * Noel Fisher as Eustace Travers *

Frederick Volpe Frederick Volpe (31 July 1865 – 7 March 1932), sometimes printed Volpé, was an English actor. He made his stage debut in his early twenties. From 1894 until his death he was a familiar figure on the West End stage, generally in undemanding co ...

as Mr. Goodheart * Charles Macdona as Dr. Brown * Adelaide Grace as Mrs. Gwynne *

Jeff Barlow Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871. Selected filmography * ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915) * ''The Man Who Bought London'' (1916) * '' Trouble for Nothing'' (1916) * '' Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917) * '' The Happy Wa ...

as Ned Drury *

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 ...

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1914-1918''. Routledge, 2005.

External links

* 1918 films 1918 romantic drama films British romantic drama films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Thomas Bentley British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent romantic drama films {{silent-romantic-drama-film-stub