''Shopgirls'' is a 1914 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

Laurence Trimble Laurence Norwood Trimble (February 15, 1885 – February 8, 1954) was an American silent film film director, director, screenwriter, writer and actor. Trimble began his film career directing Jean (dog), Jean, the Vitagraph Dog, the first canine ...

and starring

Florence Turner Florence Turner (January 6, 1885 – August 28, 1946) was an American actress who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films. Biography Born in New York City, Turner was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by he ...

Sidney Sinclair Sidney Sinclair (1915–1999) was an English born, Australian businessman, philanthropist, trade advisor to the Federal Government and prominent member of the Australian Jewish community. A founder of the Parramatta Synagogue, he was its first ...

and

Richard Steele Sir Richard Steele (bap. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine ''The Spectator''. Early life Steele was born in Du ...

.McFarlane & Slide p.771

Cast

as Judith *

as Archer *

as James Walker *

Hector Dion Hector Dion (1881–1943) was an American film actor of the silent era.Low p.300 Selected filmography * ''Just Like a Woman'' (1912) * '' The Wrong Bottle'' (1913) * '' The Crook and the Girl'' (1913) * ''A Tender-Hearted Crook'' (1913) * ''The ...

as John Carter * Rhoda Grey as Grace

References

Bibliography

* Brian McFarlane & Anthony Slide. ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition''. Oxford University Press, 2013.

External links

* 1914 films 1914 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films directed by Laurence Trimble Films set in England British black-and-white films Hepworth Pictures films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent drama films English-language drama films {{UK-silent-film-stub