''The Vicar of Wakefield'' is a 1913 British
silent historical 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 ...
directed by
Frank Wilson and starring
Violet Hopson
Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...
,
Harry Royston
Harry Royston was a British stage and film actor. He appeared in more than sixty short and feature films during the silent era including '' Lady Jennifer''.Goble p.506
Selected filmography
* ''Oliver Twist'' (1912)
* '' Adrift on Life's Tide'' ...
and
Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...
.
[Palmer p.900] The film is an adaptation of the 1766 novel ''
The Vicar of Wakefield
''The Vicar of Wakefield'', subtitled ''A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself'', is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and wid ...
'' by the Irish writer
Oliver Goldsmith.
Cast
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Violet Hopson
Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...
as Olivia Primrose
*
Harry Royston
Harry Royston was a British stage and film actor. He appeared in more than sixty short and feature films during the silent era including '' Lady Jennifer''.Goble p.506
Selected filmography
* ''Oliver Twist'' (1912)
* '' Adrift on Life's Tide'' ...
as Richard Thornhill
*
Warwick Buckland
Warwick Buckland (1863–1945) was a British stage actor. He later became a film actor and director. He directed the 1915 crime film '' After Dark''.Goble p.49 Buckland also worked as an art director, designing the sets for the epic ''Barnaby R ...
as Dr Charles Primrose
*
Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...
as Sophia Primrose
*
Harry Gilbey as Sir William Thornhill
* Marie de Solla as Mrs Primrose
*
Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in '' A Detective for a Day''. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his a ...
as Moses Primrose
* Harry Buss as Jenkinson
*
John MacAndrews as Minister
References
Bibliography
* Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988.
External links
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1913 films
1910s historical drama films
British historical drama films
British silent feature films
1910s English-language films
Films directed by Frank Wilson
Films set in England
Films set in the 18th century
Films based on Irish novels
Hepworth Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1913 drama films
1910s British films
Silent historical drama films
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