''Mary Latimer, Nun'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by

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and starring Malvina Longfellow, Warwick Ward and Ethel Fisher. The film is based on a novel by Eve Elwen.Goble p.146 The screenplay concerns a girl from the

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who marries the son of an aristocrat.

Plot summary

A girl from the slums marries the son of an aristocrat. When he abandons her, she makes a living as a

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performer.

Cast

* Malvina Longfellow as Mary Latimer * Warwick Ward as Alfred Pierpoint * Ethel Fisher as Clarice * George Foley as Sam Tubbs *

H. Agar Lyons Harry Agar Lyons (1 April 1878 – 1944) was an Irish-born British actor. He was born in Cork (city), Cork, Ireland in 1878 and died in Wandsworth, London, England in 1944 at age 72. Lyons is best known for playing Fu Manchu in a series of fi ...

as Lord Pierpoint *

Moore Marriott George Thomas Moore Marriott (14 September 1885 – 11 December 1949) was an English character actor best remembered for the series of films he made with Will Hay. His first appearance with Hay was in the film '' Dandy Dick'' (1935), but he ...

as Dickey Stubbs * Laurence Tessier *

Minnie Rayner Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress. In 1889, while in Cape Colony, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was stage ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films British silent feature films Films based on British novels British films based on plays Films set in England Films directed by Bert Haldane British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub