''The Sins Ye Do'' is a 1924 British
silent romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
Fred LeRoy Granville
Fred LeRoy Granville was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, in 1896,1917 Motion Picture News Studio Directory and educated in New Zealand. The 1 February 1922, issue of ''American Cinematographer'' stated that he was "a bloody Britisher ...
and starring
,
Henry Victor
Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in Britain, before emigrating to the US in 1939 where he continued ...
and
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 ...
. It was made at
Cricklewood Studios
Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which also ...
by
Stoll Pictures
Stoll Pictures was a British film production and distribution company of the silent era, founded in April 1918.
Background
During the early to mid-1920s it was the largest film company in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe. Its major domes ...
.
Plot summary
''
Pictures and the Picturegoer'' described the film as "a British love drama about a man whose life is almost wrecked by the indiscretions of a friend".
["Picturegoers Guide." '' Pictures and The Picturegoer''. London Vol. 9, Iss. 53, (May 1, 1925): 66, 68. Via Proquest.]
Cast
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as Lady Athol / Nadine
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Henry Victor
Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in Britain, before emigrating to the US in 1939 where he continued ...
as Ronald Hillier
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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 ...
as Lady Eslin
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May Hanbury as Muriel Allendale
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Jameson Thomas
Jameson Thomas (born Thomas Roland Jameson; 24 March 1888 – 10 January 1939) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1939.
He was born in St George Hanover Square, London. On the stage from his earl ...
as Captain Barrington
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Jerrold Robertshaw
Jerrold Robertshaw (28 March 1866, in Allerton, West Riding of Yorkshire – 14 February 1941, in London) was a British stage and film actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''Dombey and Son'' (1917)
* ''Build Thy House'' (1920)
* ...
as Sir Philip Athol
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as Neville Fane
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Leslie Attwood as Nadine
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Edward O'Neill as Bishop Hillier
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Frank Perfitt
Frank James Robert Perfitt (1880 – 1958) was a British film actor, born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1880. He died in Surrey in 1958.
Selected filmography
* '' The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1924)
* '' Love and Hate'' (1924)
* ''The Sins Ye Do'' (1924)
* ...
as Dr. Rutherford
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Annie Esmond
Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress.
Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ...
as Governess
References
External links
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1924 films
1920s romance films
British romance films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Fred LeRoy Granville
Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
Stoll Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
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