''Open Country'' is a 1922 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an OB ...

and starring

Dorinea Shirley Dorinea Shirley (1 April 1899 - 3 July 1973) was a British actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Open Country'' (1922) * ''Petticoat Loose'' (1922) * '' The Call of the East'' (1922) * ''Greywater Park'' (1924) * ''Claude Duval'' ...

, David Hawthorne and

Bertram Burleigh Bertram Burleigh (1890 – 1961) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''John Halifax, Gentleman'' (1915) * ''The Mother of Dartmoor'' (1916) * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * ''Mrs. Thompson'' (1919) * '' ...

.Low p.423 The film's sets were designed by the head of Stoll Pictures's art department

Walter Murton Walter Murton was a British art director, who worked from the 1920s until the 1940s. During his early career in the 1920s Murton was the regular set designer on the silent film series ''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' The Myst ...

Synopsis

A wealthy man decides to become a wandering artist.

Cast

as Sanchia Percival * David Hawthorne as Neville Ingram *

as Jack Senhouse * George Bellamy as Mr. Percival *

Norma Whalley Norma Whalley (? – 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain. Biography Whalley was the daughter of Henry Octavius Whalley, a doctor working in Sydney, Australia. During the late 1890s she toured ...

as Mrs. Percival *

Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Mile ...

as Honorable William Chevenix *

Bryan Powley Bryan Gilbert Powley (16 September 1871 – 18 December 1962) was a British stage and film actor. He began his career in the era of silent film. Life Powley was born on 16 September 1871 in Reading, the son of the Rev. Matthew Powley and Louis ...

as Roger Charnock * Rosina Wright

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 drama films British silent feature films British drama films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios British black-and-white films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub