''The Breed of the Treshams'' is a 1920 British silent adventure film directed by

Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Par ...

and starring Mary Odette,

Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 - 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Gener ...

and A. B. Imeson.Low p. During the

English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...

, the Royalists uncover a

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spy.

Cast

* Mary Odette as Margaret Hungerford *

as Hon. Francis Tresham * A. B. Imeson as Hon. Clement Hungerford *

Charles Vane Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the ...

as Vis. Dorsington * Margot Drake as Margaret * Fred Morgan as Capt. Rashleigh * Gordon Craig as Batty * Will Corrie as Cpl. Lumsford *

Philip Hewland Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini. Selected filmography * '' The Christian'' (1915) * '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916) * ''Ar ...

as Col. Henry Curwen * Nelson Ramsey as Col. Bagshawe * Norman Tharp as Capt. Stanhope * Farmer Skein as Lord Tresham * Gwen Williams as Mrs. Bagshawe * C.R. Foster-Kemp as Child * John Martin Harvey as Lt. Rat Reresby

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1920 films 1920s war adventure films 1920s historical adventure films British silent feature films British war adventure films British historical adventure films Films directed by Kenelm Foss British films based on plays Films set in England Films set in the 1640s British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent adventure films Silent war films {{1920s-UK-film-stub