''The Golden Web'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by

Geoffrey Malins Arthur "Geoffrey" Herbert Malins (18 November 1886 – 1940) was a British film director most famous for camera and editing work on the 1916 war film '' The Battle of the Somme'', which combined documentary and propaganda, and reached an audienc ...

and starring

Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in '' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. I ...

and Ena Beaumont. It is based on the 1910 novel '' The Golden Web'' by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim, later adapted into a 1926 American film of the same title.Goble p.352

Cast

as Sterling Deans * Ena Beaumont as Winifred Rowan * Victor Robson as Sinclair * Nina Munro as Rosalie

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. *Wlaschin, Ken. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009.

External links

* 1920 films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Geoffrey Malins 1920 drama films Films set in London Films based on British novels 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub