''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

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Joan Lockton Joan Lockton (1903–?) was a British actress.BFI , Film & TV Database , LOCKTON, Joan

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

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and is known by the alternative title ''The Port of Lost Souls''.

Cast

as Lionel Hazard *

Joan Lockton Joan Lockton (1903–?) was a British actress.BFI , Film & TV Database , LOCKTON, Joan

as Alice *

as Ramon Guitterez * Arthur McLaglen as Lorenzo * Nelson Ramsey as Hairy Joe *

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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

* 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 {{1920s-UK-film-stub