''Pillars of Society'' is a 1920 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
Rex Wilson and starring
Ellen Terry
Dame Alice Ellen Terry, (27 February 184721 July 1928), was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and tour ...
,
Norman McKinnel
Norman McKinnel (10 February 1870 – 29 March 1932) was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death. He appeared in many stage roles in the UK and overseas as well as featuring in a number of films, ...
and
Mary Rorke
Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke
.
It was based on the 1877 play ''
The Pillars of Society
''The Pillars of Society'' (or "Pillars of the Community"; original Norwegian title: ''Samfundets støtter'') is an 1877 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Ibsen had great trouble with the writing of this play. The ending is ...
'' by
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...
.
Location shooting
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The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for exam ...
was done in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
.
Plot
In Norway a shipping magnate frames his absent brother-in-law for theft and betrayal of his mistress.
Cast
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Ellen Terry
Dame Alice Ellen Terry, (27 February 184721 July 1928), was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and tour ...
- Widow Bernick
*
Norman McKinnel
Norman McKinnel (10 February 1870 – 29 March 1932) was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death. He appeared in many stage roles in the UK and overseas as well as featuring in a number of films, ...
- John Halligan
*
Mary Rorke
Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke
- Mrs. Halligan
*
- Diana Dorf
*
Irene Rooke
Irene Rooke (born Irene Bessie Ingaretha Rooke; 30 May 1874 – 14 June 1958) was an English theatre and film actress from Bridport, Dorset, England.
Stage career
She was the daughter of a prominent London journalist. Rooke left boarding scho ...
- Martha Karsten
*
Lydia Hayward
Lydia Hayward (1879-1945) was a British screenwriter and actress who worked on over 30 screenplays between 1920 and 1942. She was particularly active during the 1920s.Nelmes p.49 Hayward has been noted for several of the sophisticated comedy film ...
- Lena Hessel
*
Charles Ashton - Dick Alward
* John Kelt - Parson Rogers
* Pamela Neville - Florence
* Lovat Cave-Chinn - Olaf Hessel
References
External links
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1920 films
1920 drama films
Films based on works by Henrik Ibsen
Films directed by Rex Wilson
British films based on plays
British drama films
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent drama films
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