''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

* Stewart Rome as John Garth *

as Mrs Garth *

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 *

Lewis Shaw Lewis Shaw (1910–1987) was a British actor.BFI , Film & TV Database , SHAW, Lewis
. Ft ...

as Victor Garth

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 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 {{1920s-UK-film-stub