''Unmarried'' 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
Rex Wilson and starring
Gerald du Maurier
Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (26 March 1873 – 11 April 1934) was an English actor and manager. He was the son of author George du Maurier and his wife, Emma Wightwick, and the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In 1903, he ...
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Malvina Longfellow
Malvina Virginia Longfellow (March 30, 1889 – November 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.''Sunday Magazine, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 23, 1916, Page 34.
Early life
Born in the city of ...
and
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won t ...
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The film portrays an unmarried mother and the social workers who support her.
Partial cast
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Gerald du Maurier
Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (26 March 1873 – 11 April 1934) was an English actor and manager. He was the son of author George du Maurier and his wife, Emma Wightwick, and the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In 1903, he ...
- Reverend Roland Allington
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Malvina Longfellow
Malvina Virginia Longfellow (March 30, 1889 – November 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent movie actress of the early 20th century.''Sunday Magazine, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 23, 1916, Page 34.
Early life
Born in the city of ...
- Jenny Allington
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Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won t ...
- Simm Vandeleur
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Mary Glynne - Vivien Allington
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Hayford Hobbs
Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 - 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Gener ...
- Cyril Myles
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Mary Rorke
Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke
- Prudence
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Arthur Walcott
Arthur Walcott (1857–1934) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
*'' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915)
* '' The White Star'' (1915)
* '' A Gamble for Love'' (1917)
* '' Drink'' (1917)
* '' The Woman Wins'' (1918)
* ...
- Sir John Allington
* Constance Backner - Mary Myles
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Annie Esmond
Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress.
Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ...
- Miss Pringle
* Vivian Palmer - Cyril Morley
* Ralph Forster - Harker
References
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1920 films
1920 drama films
Films directed by Rex Wilson
British drama films
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent drama films
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