''The Twelve Pound Look'' is a 1920 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 ...

directed by

Jack Denton John Fleming St. Andrew Denton (11 September 1872 – 19 April 1949) was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Denton was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and died at age 76 in Redhill, Surrey. Selected filmograph ...

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 ...

, Jessie Winter and Ann Elliott.

Plot

A woman marries a cold, wealthy businessmen in order to be able to financially support her younger brothers and sisters. She later saves up enough money to buy a

typewriter A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectivel ...

and leaves her husband to work independently as a writer.

Main cast

- Harry Sims * Jessie Winter - Kate Sims * Ann Elliott - Emma Sims * Nelson Ramsey - Jack Lamb * Athalie Davis - Anne *

Alfred Wellesley Alfred Wellesley (25 July 1872 – 7 December 1943) was an English stage and film actor.British Film Institute websiteAlfred Wellesley /ref> Partial filmography * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * ''A Warm Corner'' (1930) * ''The New Hotel'' ...

- Bernard Roche * E. Story Gofton - The Rector *

Roy Byford Roy Byford (12 January 1873 – 31 January 1939) was a British actor. Selected filmography * '' The Little Damozel'' (1916) * '' On the Banks of Allan Water'' (1916) * '' The Happy Warrior'' (1917) * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * '' The D ...

- Sir William Crackley * Leonard Robson - Mr. Moon * Eric Hardin - Charles * Jose Shannon - Mabel

Production

The film was made by the

Ideal Film Company The Ideal Film Company (often known as Ideal Films or simply Ideal) was a British film production and distribution company that operated between 1911 and 1934. The company, based in Soho, London, was started by the two Jewish brothers Harry M ...

, one of the leading British studios of the silent era. It is based on the play '' The Twelve Pound Look'' by

J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succe ...

. It received its

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on 20 September 1920.Low p.469

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997.

References

External links

* 1920 films British silent feature films Films directed by Jack Denton 1920 drama films British films based on plays Ideal Film Company films British drama films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub