''The River of Stars'' is a 1921 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

Floyd Martin Thornton Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director active in the United Kingdom in the 1910s and 1920s. He also directed films for the Natural Color Kin ...

and starring

Teddy Arundell Teddy Arundell (1873 in Devon – 5 November 1922, in London) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Lyons Mail'' (1916) * ''Justice'' (1917) * ''Nelson'' (1918) * '' The Swindler'' (1918) * ''The Splendid Cowar ...

Harry Agar Lyons Harry Agar Lyons (1 April 1878 – 1944) was an Irish-born British actor. He was born in 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 fifteen silent ...

and Faith Bevan. It was based on the 1913 novel '' The River of Stars'' by

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...

featuring Commissioner Sanders.

Cast

as Augustus Lambaire *

as Commissioner Sanders * Faith Bevan as Cynthia Sutton * Philip Anthony as John Amber * Dalton Somers as Cornelius J. Whitney * Fred Thatcher as Frances Sutton * J. Edwards Barker as Insp. Fells * Ronald Power as Mr. Sutton

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1921 films 1921 adventure films British adventure films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films based on works by Edgar Wallace Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton Films set in Africa British black-and-white films 1920s British films Silent adventure films {{adventure-film-stub