''The Brass Bottle'' is a 1914 British produced silent fantasy film based on
Thomas Anstey Guthrie
Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel '' Vice Versa'' about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed ...
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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
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''The Brass Bottle'' at silentera.com
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The film was remade in the United States by French director Maurice Tourneur 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 - Sylvia Futvoye
*Lawrence Grossmith
Lawrence Randall Grossmith (29 March 1877 – 21 February 1944) was an English actor, the son of the Gilbert and Sullivan performer George Grossmith and the brother of the actor-manager George Grossmith Jr.
After establishing his career in Edw ...
- Horace Ventmire
*Tom Mowbray - Samuel Wackerbath
* Joseph R. Tozer - King Solomon
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(*as J.R. Tozer)
*Mary Brough
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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
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