''The Man Who Forgot'' is a 1919 British 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

Floyd Martin Thornton Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director active in the United Kingdom in the 1910s and 1920s. He also directed films for the Natural Color Kin ...

and starring James Knight,

Marjorie Villis Marjorie Villis (1891–1981), was a British film actress of the silent era.Low p.300 Selected filmography * '' Sally Bishop'' (1916) * ''A Romany Lass'' (1918) * '' The Silver Greyhound'' (1919) * ''The Power of Right'' (1919) * '' The Man Who ...

and Bernard Dudley. It was based on a play by the Reverend H.J. Waldron.

Plot summary

After returning from the sea having lost and regained his memory, a sailor finds his fiancée is now married to another man.

Cast

* James Knight as Seth Nalden *

as Mona Jennifer * Bernard Dudley as Jim Hallibar *

Evelyn Boucher Evelyn May Boucher (15 March 1892–5 June 1991) was a British film actress who had a number of leading roles in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s appearing in films such as ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' and ''The Man Who Bought London'' ...

as Violet Selwyn *

Harry Agar Lyons Harry Agar Lyons (1 April 1878 – 1944) was an Irish-born British actor. He was born in Cork, Ireland in 1878 and died in Wandsworth, London, England in 1944 at age 72. Lyons is best known for playing Fu Manchu in a series of fifteen silent ...

as Tarpaulin Jack * Mowbray Macks as Salty Felon

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1919 films 1919 drama films British drama films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton British films based on plays Seafaring films Films set in England British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent drama films Silent adventure films {{1910s-UK-film-stub