''The Ever Open Door'' is a 1920

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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

Fred Goodwins Fred Goodwins (26 February 1891 – April 1923) was an English actor, film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 24 films between 1915 and 1921.He most notably worked with Charlie Chaplin during Chaplin's mutual period ...

and starring

Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 - 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Gener ...

Daphne Glenne Daphne Glenne (1886–1972), born Dorothy Cornelius, was an English leading actress in musical theatre and silent film in the period around 1910–1920. Biography She was born and grew up in Blackheath in south-east London. She adopted the stage ...

and Margaret Hope. It was based on the play ''

The Ever Open Door ''The Ever Open Door'' is a 1920 Cinema of the United Kingdom, British silent film, silent drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Hayford Hobbs, Daphne Glenne and Margaret Hope. It was based on the play ''The Ever Open Door (play), Th ...

'' by

George R. Sims George Robert Sims (2 September 1847 – 4 September 1922) was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and ''bon vivant''. Sims began writing lively humour and satiric pieces for ''Fun'' magazine and ''The Referee'', but he was soon co ...

, a leading Victorian writer of stage

melodramas A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...

. It was one of a number of Sim's plays to be adapted for cinema during the

Silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

.Richards p.143

Cast

- Dick *

- Miriam * Margaret Hope - Janet *

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- Robbie * Terence Cavanagh - Honourable John Halstead * Ralph Forster - Father Clement

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997. * Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). ''The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939''. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.

External links

* 1920 films British silent feature films Films directed by Fred Goodwins 1920 drama films British films based on plays Ideal Film Company films British drama films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub