''The Tidal Wave'' is a 1920 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

Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an OB ...

and starring

Poppy Wyndham Honorable Lady Elsie Mackay (August 21, 1893–13th March 1928) was a British actress, jockey, interior decorator and pioneering aviator who died attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean with Walter G. R. Hinchliffe in a single engined Stinson D ...

Sydney Seaward Sydney Widmer Seaward (27 January 1884 – 22 June 1967) was an English actor born in Blindley Heath, Godstone, Surrey, England, United Kingdom and died at age 83 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Selected filmography * ''Pierre of ...

and Pardoe Woodman.Low p.465 It is based on a short story by

Ethel M. Dell Ethel May Dell Savage (2 August 1881 – 17 September 1939), known by her pen name, Ethel M. Dell, was a British writer of over 30 popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939. Biography Dell was born on 2 August 1881 to a ...

. A fisherman rescues an artist from the sea, and falls in love with her.

Cast

as Columbine *

as Matt Brewster * Pardoe Woodman as Frank Knight *

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 Aunt Liza *

Judd Green Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914. Selected filmography * '' The Third String'' (1914) * ...

as Adam Brewster

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1920 films 1920 romantic drama films British romantic drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Sinclair Hill British black-and-white films Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell Films based on short fiction Stoll Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent romantic drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub