''Rogues of the Turf'' is a 1923 British silent

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directed by

Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard.Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Los ...

and starring Fred Groves,

Olive Sloane Olive Sloane (16 December 1896 – 28 June 1963) was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death. Sloane's career trajectory was unusual in that for most of her professional life she was e ...

and James Lindsay.Low p.438 The screenplay involves a plot to kidnap a

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Cast

* Fred Groves as Bill Higgins *

as Marian Heathcote * James Lindsay as Capt. Clifton * Mavis Clair as Nellie Flaxman *

Bobbie Andrews Robert Tobias Andrews (born Reginald Frank Andrews; 20 February 1895 – 17 January 1976)Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in ...

as Arthur Somerton *

Clarence Blakiston Clarence Blakiston (23 April 1864 – 21 March 1943) was a British film and stage actor, comedian and singer who during his career across five decades played the title role in the Sherlock Holmes parody ''Sheerluck Jones, or Why D’Gillette Him ...

as Sir George Venning * Dora Lennox as Rose *

Nell Emerald Ellen Maud O'Shea (29 October 1882 – 21 June 1969), known professionally as Nell Emerald, was an English-born actress and film producer. Early life and education Emerald was born in London, England to Irish parents in 1882. All five of the O'She ...

as Nurse *

James Reardon James Reardon was a British stage and film actor of the silent era. He also directed several films including '' The Glad Eye'' (1920). Selected filmography Director * ''To Let'' (1919) a British silent ghost movieWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, ...

as Rogue

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1923 films 1923 crime films 1920s sports films British crime films British horse racing films British silent feature films Films directed by Wilfred Noy British films based on plays British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent crime films Silent sports films {{1920s-UK-film-stub