''The Lost Chord'' is a 1917 British silent

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directed by

Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard.Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Los ...

and starring Barbara Conrad,

Malcolm Keen Malcolm Keen (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) was an English actor of stage, film and television. He was sometimes credited as Malcolm Keane.Dorothy Bellew Dorothy Bellew (8 August 1891 – 29 October 1973) was an English actress. She appeared in around sixty films during the silent era, including the title role in ''Lorna Doone ''Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor'' is a novel by English aut ...

.Low p.95 It was inspired by

Arthur Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera, operatic Gilbert and Sullivan, collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including ''H.M.S. Pinaf ...

's 1877 song "

The Lost Chord "The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a poem by Adelai ...

". In 1925 when Noy moved to the United States, he remade the film as his American debut.

Cast

* Barbara Conrad as Madeleine *

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as Joan *

Dorothy Bellew Dorothy Bellew (8 August 1891 – 29 October 1973) was an English actress. She appeared in around sixty films during the silent era, including the title role in ''Lorna Doone ''Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor'' is a novel by English aut ...

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H. Manning Haynes Horace Manning Haynes (born: Lyminster, Sussex – died 3 March 1957, Epsom, England) (often credited as H. Manning Haynes) was a British-born film director and actor. He was married to the screenwriter Lydia Hayward, with whom he frequen ...

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Wilfred Noy British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent British drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub