''The American Heiress'' is a 1917 British silent
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Cecil M. Hepworth and starring
Alma Taylor
Alma Louise Taylor (3 January 1895 – 23 January 1974) was a British actress.
Life
Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film ''His Daughter's Voice''. She went on to appear in more th ...
,
Violet Hopson
Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...
and
Stewart Rome
Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950.
He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...
.
[Wintour p.173]
Cast
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Alma Taylor
Alma Louise Taylor (3 January 1895 – 23 January 1974) was a British actress.
Life
Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film ''His Daughter's Voice''. She went on to appear in more th ...
as Bessie
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Violet Hopson
Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...
as Cynthia Hunks
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Stewart Rome
Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950.
He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...
as Parker
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Lionelle Howard as Bob Summers
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John MacAndrews
John MacAndrews was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1913)
* ''The Heart of Midlothian'' (1914)
* ''The Chimes'' (1914)
* '' For Her People'' (1914)
* '' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915)
...
as Viper Smith
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Johnny Butt
John William H. Butt (1870–1931) was an English film actor of the silent era.
He was born in Bradford and died in North Bierley, West Yorkshire.
Selected filmography
* ''The Chimes'' (1914)
* ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915)
* ''The Gra ...
as Sir John Higgins
References
Bibliography
* Wintour, Barry. ''Britain and the Great War, 1914-1918: A Subject Bibliography of Some Selected Aspects''. Greenengle publishing, 2014.
External links
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1917 films
1917 crime films
British crime films
British silent short films
1917 short films
Films directed by Cecil Hepworth
Films set in England
Hepworth Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1910s English-language films
1910s British films
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