''White Slippers'' is a 1924 British
silent adventure film directed by
Sinclair Hill
Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, 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 OBE for his ser ...
and starring
Matheson Lang
Matheson Alexander Lang (May 15, 1879 – April 11, 1948) was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.
Biography
Lang w ...
,
and
Gordon Hopkirk
Hubert Gordon Hopkirk (20 April 1884 – 1966) was a British actor of the silent era. He was born in Jena, Germany to British parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in Britain, he went to the United States ...
.
[Low p.478-79] It was based on a novel by Charles Edholm. It is set in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
and is known by the alternative title ''The Port of Lost Souls''.
Cast
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Matheson Lang
Matheson Alexander Lang (May 15, 1879 – April 11, 1948) was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.
Biography
Lang w ...
as Lionel Hazard
*
as Alice
*
Gordon Hopkirk
Hubert Gordon Hopkirk (20 April 1884 – 1966) was a British actor of the silent era. He was born in Jena, Germany to British parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in Britain, he went to the United States ...
as Ramon Guitterez
* Arthur McLaglen as Lorenzo
* Nelson Ramsey as Hairy Joe
*
Irene Tripod
Irene Tripod was a British actress of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''The Romance of Lady Hamilton'' (1919)
* '' The Mystery Road'' (1921)
* '' The House of Peril'' (1922)
* ''Dicky Monteith'' (1922)
* '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1923)
* ...
as Dona Pilar
* Jack McEwen as Mexican Rat
*
Adeline Hayden Coffin
Adeline Maria Elisabeth Hayden Coffin (née de Leuw; 20 June 1862 – 31 March 1939) was a German-born British actress. In an advertisement for her professional availability in 1921 she described herself, or was described by her agent, as suita ...
as Mother
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
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1924 films
1924 adventure films
British silent feature films
British adventure films
Films directed by Sinclair Hill
Films based on British novels
Stoll Pictures films
Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent adventure films
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