''Passers By'' is a 1916 American silent

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directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring

Mary Charleson Mary Charleson (18 May 1890 – 3 December 1961) was an Irish silent film actress who starred in about 80 films in the U.S. between 1912 and 1920. Early life Born in Dungannon in Ireland to George Charleson, a hairdresser and Jane Steele. She ...

, Charles Cherry and Kate Sergeantson. It is based on a 1911 West End play of the same title by C. Haddon Chambers, which was later remade as '' Passers By'' in 1920.Goble p.76

Synopsis

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a young man falls in love with the

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to his

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's children. When she discovers about the potential relationship she does her best to sabotage it due to her snobbish attitudes.

Cast

as Margaret Summers * Charles Cherry as Peter Waverton * Donald Kite as Peter Summers * Kate Sergeantson as Lady Hurley *

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as Beatrice Dainton

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1910s American films 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor World Film Company films American films based on plays Films set in London {{1910s-US-film-stub