''The Nonentity'' is a 1922 British silent

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by

Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an OB ...

and starring

Annette Benson Annette Benson (1895–1965) was a British film actress. She was a leading lady of British silent films of the 1920s, appearing in ''Confetti'' with Jack Buchanan and ''Downhill'' with Ivor Novello. She also featured in several French and German ...

, Hugh Buckler and

Daisy Campbell Daisy Campbell was a British film actress of the silent era. At the beginning of her career was popular on the London stage. Noted for playing aristocratic white-haired ladies and duchesses. Appeared in more than 20 British silent films. Made ...

.Murphy p.294

Plot

The story concerns an

aristocrat The aristocracy is historically associated with "hereditary" or "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class of people (aristocrats) with hereditary rank and titles. In some, such as ancient Greece, ancient Ro ...

who goes undercover in

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

to rescue a woman.

Cast

as Beryl Danvers * Hugh Buckler as Lord Ronald Prior *

as Mrs. Ellis *

Bryan Powley Bryan Gilbert Powley (16 September 1871 – 18 December 1962) was a British stage and film actor. He began his career in the era of silent film. Life Powley was born on 16 September 1871 in Reading, the son of the Rev. Matthew Powley and Louis ...

as Robert Ellis

References

Bibliography

* Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. BFI, 2006.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 adventure films 1922 war films British silent feature films British adventure films British war films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films based on British novels Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Films set in India British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent adventure films {{1920s-UK-film-stub