''Thou Fool'' is a 1928 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

Fred Paul Fred Paul (1880–1967) was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with ...

and starring Stewart Rome,

Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume (27 January 1893 – 13 March 1976) was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' Doing His Bit'' (1917) * '' Red Pottage'' (1918) * '' The Swindler'' (1918) * '' Lady ...

and

Mary Rorke Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke

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Anthony Asquith Anthony William Landon Asquith (; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and '' The Browning Version'' (1951), among oth ...

worked on the film as an assistant director.

Cast

* Stewart Rome as Robert Barker *

as Elsie Glen *

Mary Rorke Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke

as Ldy MacDonald *

J. Fisher White Joseph John Fisher White (1 May 1865 – 14 January 1945) was a British stage and film actor. The eldest of four sons of Rev. John White, of Ampfield, of that family formerly of Hursley, by his wife Martha, daughter of Rev. John Fisher, he took ...

as James Scobie *

Wyndham Guise Wyndham Guise (né William Windham Guise Cutler) was a British actor who appeared on stage in Edwardian musical comedies beginning in the 1890s and became a film actor during the silent era. He is sometimes credited as Windham Guise. Selecte ...

as Duncan Glen *

Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ...

as Robert as a Child * Darby Foster as Harry Clement * Patrick Aherne as Undetermined Role

References

External links

* 1928 films British silent feature films 1928 drama films Films directed by Fred Paul British drama films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub