''The Prehistoric Man'' is a 1924 British 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 A. E. Coleby and starring

George Robey Sir George Edward Wade, CBE (20 September 1869 – 29 November 1954), Harding, James"Robey, George" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, accessed 10 May 2014. known professionally as George Robey, was an ...

, Marie Blanche and

H. Agar Lyons Harry Agar Lyons (1 April 1878 – 1944) was an Irish-born British actor. He was born in Cork (city), Cork, Ireland in 1878 and died in Wandsworth, London, England in 1944 at age 72. Lyons is best known for playing Fu Manchu in a series of fi ...

.Low p.127

Cast

as He-of-the Beetle Brow * Marie Blanche as She-of-the Permanent-Wave *

as He-of-the-Clutching-Hand * W. G. Saunders as He-of-the-Knotty-Joints *

Johnny Butt John William H. Butt (1870–1931) was an English film actor of the silent era. He was born in Bradford and died in North Bierley, West Yorkshire. Selected filmography * ''The Chimes'' (1914) * '' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915) * ''The ...

as He-of-the-Cedar-Mop * Elsie Marriott-Watson as She-of-the-Tireless-Tongue * Laurie Leslie as He-of-the-Matted-Beaver

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.

External links

* 1924 films 1924 comedy films British comedy films British silent feature films Films directed by A. E. Coleby British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent comedy films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub