''The Iron Stair'' is a 1920 British
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 ...
crime film directed by
F. Martin Thornton from the novel The Iron Stair by
Rita
Rita may refer to:
People
* Rita (given name)
* Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
* Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
* Rita (Japanese singer)
* Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita
Places
* Djarrit, also known as Rita, ...
. It starred
Reginald Fox
Reginald Fox (22 December 1881, in Stoke Newington, London – 3 May 1943, in Harefield, Middlesex) was a British actor. He appeared with Louise Maurel and John Hamilton in a dramatic short film, ''The Whistler'' (released December 1926), direct ...
and
Madge Stuart
Madge Stuart (5 August 1895, in Holmesfield, Derbyshire – 10 October 1958, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a British actress of the silent era. She married Dion Titheradge in 1928.
Selected filmography
* '' Nature's Gentleman'' (1918)
* '' The ...
. A subsequent adaptation of the same story
The Iron Stair was made in 1933 directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott
Leslie Stephenson Hiscott (25 July 18943 May 1968) was an English film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. He directed ''Alibi'' (1931), the first ever depiction of Hercule ...
.
References
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1920 films
1920 crime films
British crime films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton
British black-and-white films
1920s British films
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