''Stella'' is a 1921 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
Edwin J. Collins and starring
Molly Adair
Mary Marguerite Potter (24 March 1905 – 9 September 1990), known professionally as Molly Adair, was an English stage and silent screen actress. She was married to Arthur James Siggins, a policeman who later became a writer, from New Zealan ...
,
H. Manning Haynes
Horace Manning Haynes (born: Lyminster, Sussex – died 3 March 1957, Epsom, England) (often credited as H. Manning Haynes) was a British-born film director and actor. He was married to the screenwriter Lydia Hayward, with whom he frequen ...
and
Charles Vane
Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy.
Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the l ...
.
[Low p.458] It is based on the 1904 novel ''
Stella Fregelius'' by
H. Rider Haggard.
Cast
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Molly Adair
Mary Marguerite Potter (24 March 1905 – 9 September 1990), known professionally as Molly Adair, was an English stage and silent screen actress. She was married to Arthur James Siggins, a policeman who later became a writer, from New Zealan ...
as Stella Fregelius
*
H. Manning Haynes
Horace Manning Haynes (born: Lyminster, Sussex – died 3 March 1957, Epsom, England) (often credited as H. Manning Haynes) was a British-born film director and actor. He was married to the screenwriter Lydia Hayward, with whom he frequen ...
as Maurice Cook
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Charles Vane
Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy.
Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the l ...
as Colonel Monk
*
Betty Farquhar as Mary Porson
*
Wilfred Fletcher as Stephen Lanyard
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Mildred Evelyn
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People
* Mildred (name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
* Saint Mildrith, 8th-century Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet
* Milred (died 774), Anglo-Saxon prelate, Bishop of Worcester
* Henry M ...
as Eliza Lanyard
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
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1921 films
1921 drama films
British silent feature films
British drama films
Films directed by Edwin J. Collins
Butcher's Film Service films
Films based on works by H. Rider Haggard
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent drama films
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