''One Colombo Night'' is a 1926 British
silent drama film
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directed by
Henry Edwards and starring
Godfrey Tearle
Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle (12 October 1884 – 9 June 1953) was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential British gentleman on stage and in both British and US films.
Biography
Born in New York City and brought up in Britain, he was t ...
,
Marjorie Hume
Marjorie Hume (27 January 1893 – 13 March 1976) was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* '' Doing His Bit'' (1917)
* '' Red Pottage'' (1918)
* '' The Swindler'' (1918)
* '' Lady ...
and
Nora Swinburne
Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English people, English actress who appeared in many Cinema of the United Kingdom, British films.
Early years
Swinburne was born in Bath, Somer ...
.
The film was based on a story by Austin Phillips.
Premise
After being ruined in business, a man goes to
Australia
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to make his fortune.
Cast
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Godfrey Tearle
Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle (12 October 1884 – 9 June 1953) was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential British gentleman on stage and in both British and US films.
Biography
Born in New York City and brought up in Britain, he was t ...
as Jim Farnell
*
Marjorie Hume
Marjorie Hume (27 January 1893 – 13 March 1976) was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* '' Doing His Bit'' (1917)
* '' Red Pottage'' (1918)
* '' The Swindler'' (1918)
* '' Lady ...
as Rosemary Thurman
*
Nora Swinburne
Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English people, English actress who appeared in many Cinema of the United Kingdom, British films.
Early years
Swinburne was born in Bath, Somer ...
as Jean Caldicott
*
James Carew
James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing fir ...
as Richard Baker
*
J. Fisher White
Joseph John Fisher White (1 May 1865 – 14 January 1945) was a British stage and film actor. The eldest of four sons of Rev. John White, of Ampfield, of that family formerly of Hursley, by his wife Martha, daughter of Rev. John Fisher, he took ...
as Father Anthony
* William Pardue as Pabu
*
Julie Suedo
Julie Suedo (1901–1978) was a British actress. She played a succession of glamorous roles in the 1920s and 1930s, usually in supporting roles.
Filmography
*'' One Arabian Night'' (1923)
*'' The Rat'' (1925)
*'' One Colombo Night'' (1926)
*'' ...
as Lalla
*
Dawson Millward
Dawson Millward (July 13, 1870 – May 15, 1926) was a British stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Caste'' (1915)
* ''General Post'' (1920)
* '' The Magistrate'' (1921)
* ''The Skin Game'' (1921)
* '' The Recoil'' (1922)
* '' King of ...
as Governor
*
Annie Esmond
Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress.
Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ...
as Wife
References
External links
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1926 films
Films directed by Henry Edwards
1926 drama films
British silent feature films
Films based on British novels
Films set in Sri Lanka
Stoll Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films
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