''Missing the Tide'' is a 1918 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 Walter West and starring

Violet Hopson Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...

, Basil Gill and

Ivy Close Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929.

. The film is based on a novel by Alfred Turner.Goble p.468 The screenplay concerns a woman who leaves her cruel husband for another man, only to discover that he has recently got married.

Cast

as Margaret Carson * Basil Gill as Sir Felix Faber *

Ivy Close Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929.

as Letty Fairfax *

Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ...

as Capt. Harry Wyndham * James Lindsay as Carson * Nicholas Hopson Worster as The child

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume III: 1914-1918''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1918 films British silent feature films Films directed by Walter West 1918 drama films Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent British drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub