1920s Fashion

COMIN THRO THE RYE -1923 silent film

September 27, 2015

COMIN THRO THE RYE -1923 Starring: Alma Taylor as Helen Adair, Shayle Gardner as Paul Vasher, Eileen Dennes as Sylvia Fleming, Ralph Forbes as George Tempest, James Carew as Col. Adair, Francis Lister as Dick Fellowes, Gwynne Herbert as Mrs. Adair, Henry Vibart as Mr. Tempest, Christine Rayner as Jane Peach, Nancy Price as Mrs. Titmouse, John MacAndrews as Simpkins and Margot Armstrong as Alice Adair. … More COMIN THRO THE RYE -1923 silent film

THE PIPES OF PAN-1923 silent film

September 26, 2015

THE PIPES OF PAN-1923 Starring: Alma Taylor, GH Mulcaster, Eileen Dennes, Hugh Clifton, John MacAndrews, Buena Bent, Laurence Hanray, Leslie Attwood and James Annand. Produced and directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. Written by George Dewhurst. Synopsis: A young girl marries a widowed toymaker after her tinker father’s business venture of a patent for polish fails. Actress Alma … More THE PIPES OF PAN-1923 silent film

THE NARROW VALLEY-1921

September 22, 2015

THE NARROW VALLEY-1921 Starring: Alma Taylor, George Dewhurst, James Carew, Hugh Clifton, Gwynne Herbert, Lottie Blackford, Nessie Blackford and Gordon Holloway. Produced and directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. Written by George Dewhurst. Synopsis: The story of a small valley community that is home to some very narrow minded people. Those who wish to leave it … More THE NARROW VALLEY-1921

THE LUNATIC AT LARGE-1921 silent film

September 21, 2015

THE LUNATIC AT LARGE-1921 Starring: Henry Edwards, Chrissie White, Lyell Johnstone, Gwynne Herbert, George Dewhurst, Hugh Clifton, James Annand, PK Esdaile, Buena Bent and John MacAndrews. Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Directed by Henry Edwards. Written by George Dewhurst. Synopsis: The story of a Countess who passed the time trying to find a suitable husband for … More THE LUNATIC AT LARGE-1921 silent film

THE KINSMAN-1919 silent film

September 15, 2015

THE KINSMAN-1919 Starring: Henry Edwards, James Carew, Chrissie White, Christine Rayner, Gwynne Herbert, Victor Prout, John MacAndrews, Judd Green, Marie Wright and Bob Russell. Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Directed by Henry Edwards. Written by Alfred Sedgwick. Synopsis: A comedy film where a cockney clerk poses as his drowned double, he switches places with the aristocrat … More THE KINSMAN-1919 silent film

TOWARDS THE LIGHT-1918 silent film

September 12, 2015

TOWARDS THE LIGHT-1918 Starring: Henry Edwards, Chrissie White, AV Bramble, Marsh Allen, Henry Vibart, George Traill and John MacAndrews. Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Written and directed by Henry Edwards. Photography by Stanley Faithfull. Synopsis: A hunchbacked atheist brings happiness to an orphan girl whom he marries and helps clear her father of a false … More TOWARDS THE LIGHT-1918 silent film

TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS-1916 silent film

September 10, 2015

TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS-1916 Starring: Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome, Violet Hopson, John MacAndrews, Warwick Buckland, Gwynne Herbert, Marguerite Blanche, Percy Manton, William Felton, Ivy Millais, Amy Lorraine, Johnny Butt, Bob Bouchier and Sybil Coventry. Synopsis: A period romance in which an actress marries a chancellor’s son but returns to the stage. The screenplay is by Blanche McIntosh and … More TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS-1916 silent film

THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE-1916 silent film

September 7, 2015

THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE-1916 Synopsis: A Member of Parliament marries a Lady but leaves her when she writes book about him. The Marriage of William Ashe is a novel by Mary Augusta Ward that was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1905. It originally appeared in serial form in Harper’s Magazine from June … More THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE-1916 silent film

THE WHITE HOPE-1915 silent film

September 5, 2015

THE WHITE HOPE-1915 Starring: Stewart Rome, Violet Hopson, Lionelle Howard, John MacAndrews, Frank Wilson and George Gunther. Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth and directed by Frank Wilson. Synopsis: Set in the world of boxing, an Earl’s sister returns to a boxer in time to help him win his biggest fight. Based on the novel by W.H.R. … More THE WHITE HOPE-1915 silent film

THE BREAKING POINT-1914 silent film

September 3, 2015

THE BREAKING POINT-1914 Starring: Stewart Rome, Chrissie White, John MacAndrews and Lionelle Howard. Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Directed by Frank Wilson. Photography by Stanley Faithfull. Synopsis: A crime drama where the fiancée of a man framed for murder gets a confession of the guilty person while filming the reconstruction of the crime. Cecil Hepworth … More THE BREAKING POINT-1914 silent film