''The Bachelor's Club'' is a 1921
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silent comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
A. V. Bramble
Albert Victor Bramble (1884–1963) was an English actor and film director. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913 and subsequently turned to directing and producing films. He died on 17 May 1963.
Filmogra ...
and starring
Ben Field
Ben Field (1876–1939) was a British actor.
Partial filmography
* ''Les cloches de Corneville'' (1917) - Iolo
* ''The Face at the Window'' (1920) - Peter Pottlebury
* ''The Bachelor's Club'' (1921) - Peter Parker
* '' Little Miss Nobody'' ...
,
Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE (15 January 1879 – 14 January 1961) was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film ''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935).
Biography
E ...
and
Mary Brough
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.
It was based on the 1891 novel ''The Bachelor's Club'' by
Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill (21 January 18641 August 1926) was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and be ...
.
Cast
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Ben Field
Ben Field (1876–1939) was a British actor.
Partial filmography
* ''Les cloches de Corneville'' (1917) - Iolo
* ''The Face at the Window'' (1920) - Peter Pottlebury
* ''The Bachelor's Club'' (1921) - Peter Parker
* '' Little Miss Nobody'' ...
as Peter Parker
*
Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE (15 January 1879 – 14 January 1961) was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film ''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935).
Biography
E ...
as Israfel Mondego
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Mary Brough
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
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* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
as Mrs. Parker
*
Sydney Fairbrother
Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1872 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress.
Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1872 in London to actor/playwright Alfred B. Tapping and actress Florence Cowell, she was educated at Blackpool and Bonn. She made her sta ...
as Tabitha
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Arthur Pusey
Arthur Pusey (July 1896 – 1965) was a British stage and film actor.
He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, and died in London.
Selected filmography
* '' The Barton Mystery'' (1920)
* ''The Bachelor's Club'' (1921)
* '' The Other Person'' ...
as Paul Dickray
* Margot Drake as Jenny Halby
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James Lindsay as Eliot Dickray
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Sidney Paxton
Sydney Paxton (25 June 1860 in London, England, UK – 13 October 1930 in Montauk, New York, USA) was an English stage and film actor.
Partial filmography
* ''A Man's Shadow'' (1920)
* ''The Bachelor's Club'' (1921)
* ''The Rotters'' (1921)
* ...
as Caleb Twinkletop
* A.G. Poulton as Edward Halby
*
Arthur Cleave
Arthur Cleave (9 April 1884–2 December 1939) was a British actor.
He died in London aged 55 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery in London.
Selected filmography
* ''The Romance of Old Bill'' (1918)
* '' The Lady Clare'' (1919)
* '' Garry ...
as Warlock Combs
* Dora Lennox as Israfel's Sweetheart
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Jack Denton
John Fleming St. Andrew Denton (11 September 1872 – 19 April 1949) was a British actor and film director of the silent era.
Denton was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and died at age 76 in Redhill, Surrey.
Selected filmography
Ac ...
as Mandeville Brown
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Alice De Winton
Alice De Winton (born Alice Catherine Wilson 1870 – 1941) was an English actress.
She was born and died in London. She was the daughter of Henry Wilson, a retired army surgeon major, and Louisa Ducrow (daughter of equestrian and circus man ...
as Dowager
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Films directed by A. V. Bramble
1921 comedy films
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