''The Temptation of Carlton Earle'' is a 1923 British silent

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directed by

Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard.Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Los ...

and starring

C. Aubrey Smith Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (21 July 1863 – 20 December 1948) was an English Test cricketer who became a stage and film actor, acquiring a niche as the officer-and-gentleman type, as in the first sound version of ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937) ...

, James Lindsay and

Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy (born Gertrude Lyon; June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 160 films between 1911 and 1926. McCoy was born in Rome, Georgia, on June 30, 1896, and she att ...

.Low p.462

Cast

as Carlton Earle * James Lindsay as Royston *

as Margaret Roynton *

Simeon Stuart Simeon Stuart (15 May 1864 – 25 November 1939) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Snow in the Desert'' (1919) * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) * '' The Face at the Window'' (1920) * ''Inheritance'' (1920) * ''Th ...

as Whitworth *

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as Pap * Lilian Gould as Jenny Taylor * Beatrice Trouville as Sylvia Conyers * Charles Poulton as Dr. Carr

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1923 films 1923 crime films British crime films British silent feature films Films directed by Wilfred Noy Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent crime films {{1920s-UK-film-stub