''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
*
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 ...
- 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
trade show
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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
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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
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