''Zero'' is a 1928 British
silent drama film directed by
Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in '' A Detective for a Day''. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his a ...
and starring
Stewart Rome,
Fay Compton
Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie, (; 18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978), known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress. She appeared in several films, and made many broadcasts, but was best known for her stage per ...
and
Jeanne De Casalis
Jeanne de Casalis (22 May 1897 – 19 August 1966) was a Basutoland-born British actress of stage, radio, TV and film.
Born in Basutoland as Jeanne Casalis de Pury, she was educated in France, where her businessman father was the proprietor of ...
. Based on the 1927 novel by
H. Collinson Owen, it was made at
Cricklewood Studios
Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which als ...
.
Premise
A writer fakes his own death and establishes a new identity in order to live with his mistress, but he returns to his wife when she becomes ill.
Cast
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Stewart Rome as John Garth
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Fay Compton
Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie, (; 18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978), known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress. She appeared in several films, and made many broadcasts, but was best known for her stage per ...
as Mrs Garth
*
Jeanne De Casalis
Jeanne de Casalis (22 May 1897 – 19 August 1966) was a Basutoland-born British actress of stage, radio, TV and film.
Born in Basutoland as Jeanne Casalis de Pury, she was educated in France, where her businessman father was the proprietor of ...
as Julia Norton
*
Sam Livesey
Samuel Livesey (14 October 1873 – 7 November 1936) was a Welsh stage and film actor.
Life
Livesey's father, Thomas, had been a railway engineer before leaving the industry to establish a travelling theatre with his wife Mary.
The two had six ...
as Monty Sterling
*
Dorinea Shirley
Dorinea Shirley (1 April 1899 - 3 July 1973) was a British actress of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''Open Country'' (1922)
* ''Petticoat Loose'' (1922)
* '' The Call of the East'' (1922)
* ''Greywater Park'' (1924)
* ''Claude Duval'' ...
as Veronica Sterling
*
Joseph R. Tozer as Major Potterton
*
as Victor Garth
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
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1928 films
British drama films
British silent feature films
1928 drama films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by Jack Raymond
Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
Films based on British novels
British black-and-white films
Films set in England
Silent drama films
1920s British films
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