''Trapped by the London Sharks'' is a 1916 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 L.C. MacBean and starring
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 ...
,
Blanche Forsythe and
Bertram Burleigh
Bertram Burleigh (1890 – 1961) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''John Halifax, Gentleman'' (1915)
* ''The Mother of Dartmoor'' (1916)
* '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916)
* ''Mrs. Thompson'' (1919)
* '' ...
.
[Palmer p.877]
Cast
*
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 John Manton
*
Blanche Forsythe as Hilda Manton
*
Bertram Burleigh
Bertram Burleigh (1890 – 1961) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''John Halifax, Gentleman'' (1915)
* ''The Mother of Dartmoor'' (1916)
* '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916)
* ''Mrs. Thompson'' (1919)
* '' ...
as Inspector James Graham
*
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 Countess Zena
* Hugh Nicolson as Baron Slomann
References
Bibliography
* Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1998.
External links
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1916 films
1916 drama films
British silent feature films
Films set in London
British black-and-white films
1910s English-language films
1910s British films
Silent British drama films
English-language drama films
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