''Snow in the Desert'' is a 1919 British silent

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directed by Walter West and starring

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, Stewart Rome and Poppy Wyndham. The film featured an early performance from Ronald Colman before he went to Hollywood. It was based on a serialized story in the '' Daily Sketch'' by

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.Low p.453

Premise

A business tycoon's wife runs off with a poet, but returns to help run the company when her husband falls ill.

Cast

as Felice Beste * Stewart Rome as William B. Jackson * Poppy Wyndham *

Simeon Stuart Simeon Stuart (15 May 1864 – 25 November 1939) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Snow in the Desert'' (1919) * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) * '' The Face at the Window'' (1920) * ''Inheritance'' (1920) * '' ...

as Sir Michael Beste * Ronald Colman as Rupert Sylvester * Mary Masters * A.B. Caldwell

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1919 films 1919 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films directed by Walter West British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub