''The Live Wire'' is a 1917 British
short
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silent comedy film
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directed by
George Dewhurst and starring
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...
and Phyllis Titmuss. It marked the screen debut of Colman, who would go on to become a leading
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star.
[Schildgen p.77] It is now a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
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.
References
Bibliography
* Schildgen, Rachel A. ''More Than A Dream: Rediscovering the Life and Films of Vilma Banky''. 1921 PVG Publishing, 2010.
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1917 films
1917 comedy films
British silent short films
Films directed by George Dewhurst
Lost British films
British black-and-white films
British comedy short films
1917 lost films
Lost comedy films
1910s English-language films
1910s British films
Silent comedy films
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