''The Forest on the Hill'' is a 1919 British
silent crime film directed by
Cecil Hepworth and starring
Alma Taylor,
James Carew
James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing fir ...
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Gerald Ames
Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ...
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Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage a ...
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Cast
* Alma Taylor - Drusilla Whyddon
* James Carew
James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing fir ...
- Timothy Snow
* Gerald Ames
Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ...
- John Redstone
* Lionelle Howard - Frederick Moyle
* Eileen Dennes
Eileen Dennes (1 February 1898 – 22 January 1991) was an Irish-born actress of 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 em ...
- Audrey Leaman
* Gwynne Herbert
Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress.
Partial filmography
* ''Liberty Hall'' (1914)
* '' The Christian'' (1915)
* ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915)
* '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915)
* '' T ...
- Mrs. Snow
* Stephen Ewart
Stephen Ewart (born 13 March 1869 - died 1953) was a British actor who was also credited as Stephen T. Ewart. His stage work included playing Tristan l'Hermite in the original London production of '' The Vagabond King'' at the Winter Garden Theat ...
- Lord Champernowne
* John MacAndrews - Mr. Leaman
* Judd Green
Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.
Selected filmography
* '' The Third String'' (1914)
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- Lot Snow
References
External links
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1919 films
British crime films
1919 crime films
Films directed by Cecil Hepworth
British silent feature films
Hepworth Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1910s English-language films
1910s British films
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