''The Brass Bottle'' is a 1914 British produced silent fantasy film based on

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's 1900 novel of the same name. It was directed by Sidney Morgan. The film was a joint production between the British and Americans whereas it was produced by and has an all British cast but was distributed by the American

World Film Company The World Film Company or World Film Corporation was an American film production and distribution company, organized in 1914 in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Short-lived but significant in American film history, World Film was created by financier and fil ...

.''The Brass Bottle'' at silentera.com
/ref> The film was remade in the United States by French director

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in 1923 as '' The Brass Bottle''. Both versions appear to be lost.

Cast

* E. Holman Clark - Fakrash-al-Amash *Alfred Bishop - Professor Futvoye *

Doris Lytton Doris Lytton (January 23, 1893 – December 2, 1953) was an English actress on stage and in silent films, and a businesswoman in the 1920s. Later, as Doris Lytton Toye, she wrote a cookbook tailored for post-war shortages, ''Contemporary Cookery'' ...

- Sylvia Futvoye *

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- Horace Ventmire *Tom Mowbray - Samuel Wackerbath * Joseph R. Tozer -

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(*as J.R. Tozer) *

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- Mrs. Futovye *Vane Featherston - *Rudge Harding - *Molly Farrell -

References

External links

The Brass Bottle @ IMDb.com
1914 films British films based on plays Films based on British novels Films directed by Sidney Morgan Films based on multiple works World Film Company films British black-and-white films British fantasy films British silent feature films Lost British films 1910s fantasy films 1914 lost films 1910s British films {{fantasy-film-stub