''The Live Wire'' is a 1917 British

short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...

silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by George Dewhurst and starring

Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...

and Phyllis Titmuss. It marked the screen debut of Colman, who would go on to become a leading

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star.Schildgen p.77 It is now a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

References

Bibliography

* Schildgen, Rachel A. ''More Than A Dream: Rediscovering the Life and Films of Vilma Banky''. 1921 PVG Publishing, 2010.

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* 1917 films 1917 comedy films British silent short films Films directed by George Dewhurst Lost British films British black-and-white films British comedy short films 1917 lost films Lost comedy films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent comedy films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub