''Diana of the Crossways'' is a 1922 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-g ...

directed by

Denison Clift Denison Clift (1885 – 1961) was an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter and film director. He directed in both America and Great Britain, mainly during the Silent Era. Biography Clift was educated at Stanford University. He began his ca ...

and starring

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 ...

Henry Victor Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in Britain, before emigrating to the US in 1939 where he continued ...

and

Joseph Tozer Joseph Rose Tozer (1881 in Birmingham, Warwickshire – 1955) was a British actor. Musical theatre *''Houp La!'' (1916) Partial filmography * '' The Brass Bottle'' (1914) * '' A Park Lane Scandal'' (1915) * '' The Answer'' (1916) * ''The Me ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel ''

Diana of the Crossways ''Diana of the Crossways'' is a novel by George Meredith which was published in 1885, based on the life of socialite and writer Caroline Norton. Background ''Diana of the Crossways'' was first serialized in the ''Fortnightly'' in 1884, then p ...

'' by

George Meredith George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. ''The Ord ...

Plot

A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless marriage has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.

Cast

- Diana *

- Honourable Percy Dacier *

- Augustus Warwick *

A. Harding Steerman A. Harding Steerman (21 November 1863 – 1947) was an English actor. He is sometimes credited as Harding Steerman. He was born Alfred Harding Treeby Stalman in St Pancras, London and died in Plymouth, Devon. Selected filmography * '' Iron Just ...

- Tonans *

J. Fisher White Joseph John Fisher White (1 May 1865 – 14 January 1945) was a British stage and film actor. The eldest of four sons of Rev. John White, of Ampfield, of that family formerly of Hursley, by his wife Martha, daughter of Rev. John Fisher, he took ...

- Lord Dannisburgh *

Reginald Fox Reginald Fox (22 December 1881, in Stoke Newington, London – 3 May 1943, in Harefield, Middlesex) was a British actor. He appeared with Louise Maurel and John Hamilton in a dramatic short film, ''The Whistler'' (released December 1926), direct ...

- Tom Rodworth *

Ivo Dawson Ivo Dawson (13 December 1879 - 7 March 1934) was a British actor. Dawson was born in Rutland, England, UK and died in Los Angeles, California, USA, age 54. Selected filmography * ''The Miracle of Love'' (1919) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1919) * ...

- Sir Lukyne Dunstane * Ernest A. Dagnall - Prime Minister *

Harvey Braban Harvey Braban (19 May 1883, in Brighton, Sussex, UK – 1943) was a British stage actor. He also appeared in films between 1920–1938. Braban performed regularly in West End plays, and also occasionally on Broadway. From 1920 he began appe ...

- Rodworth * Joyce Gayman - Lady Emma *

Pamela Cooper Pamela Margaret Cooper (née Fletcher; 24 October 1910 – 13 July 2006), known as the Hon. Mrs Patrick Hore-Ruthven between 1939 and 1945, and as Viscountess Ruthven of Canberra between 1945 and 1952, was a British courtier, campaigner for re ...

- Princess * Hope Tilden - May Paynham

References

External links

* 1922 films 1920s historical drama films Films directed by Denison Clift Ideal Film Company films British historical drama films Films based on British novels British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub