Thelma (1918 Film)
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''Thelma'' is a 1918 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
A.E. Coleby Albert Ernest Coleby (1876 – 15 July 1930) was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. Selected filmography Director * ''Peg Woffington'' (1912) * '' Mysteries of London'' (1915) * '' The Lure of Drink'' (1915) * ''K ...
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Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. ...
and starring
Malvina Longfellow Malvina Virginia Longfellow (March 30, 1889 – November 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.''Sunday Magazine, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 23, 1916, Page 34. Early life Born in the city of ...
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Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. ...
and
Maud Yates Maud Yates was a British actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1915) * '' The Rogues of London'' (1915) * ''Jane Shore'' (1915) * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1917) * ''Thelm ...
. It was adapted from the 1887 novel ''
Thelma Thelma is a female given name. It was popularized by Victorian writer Marie Corelli who gave the name to the title character of her 1887 novel ''Thelma (novel), Thelma''. It may be related to a Greek word meaning "will, volition" see ''thelema''). ...
'' by
Marie Corelli Mary Mackay (1 May 185521 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli (, also , ), was an English novelist. From the appearance of her first novel ''A Romance of Two Worlds'' in 1886, she became the bestsel ...
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Malvina Longfellow Malvina Virginia Longfellow (March 30, 1889 – November 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.''Sunday Magazine, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 23, 1916, Page 34. Early life Born in the city of ...
as Thelma *
Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. ...
as Sir Phillip Errington *
Maud Yates Maud Yates was a British actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1915) * '' The Rogues of London'' (1915) * ''Jane Shore'' (1915) * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1917) * ''Thelm ...
as Violet Vere * Marsh Allen as Sir Francis Lennox *
Leal Douglas Leal Douglas (born Lilly Elizabeth Annie Lamb; 25 March 1881 – 3 February 1970) was a British-Australian actress, mainly of the silent film era. Of Scottish and English parents, Douglas emigrated to Australia as a child and began her stag ...
as The Blonde *
Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor. Filmography * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * ''Thelma'' (1918) * '' The Secret ...
as George Lorimer *
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 Olaf Olsen


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* 1918 films British silent feature films 1918 drama films Films directed by Arthur Rooke Films based on British novels Films based on works by Marie Corelli British drama films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub