No. 5 John Street

1921 film

  • December 1921 (1921-12)
CountryUnited KingdomLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

No. 5 John Street is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Zena Dare and Mary Odette and Lionelle Howard.[1] It is based on the 1899 novel by Richard Whiteing.[2][3] The screenplay concerns a soap-making heiress who disguises herself as a worker.

Plot

A soap-making heiress disguises herself as a worker and gets employment at her own family's factory to find out about ordinary conditions. However she comes under threat from an anarchist.

Cast

  • Zena Dare as Tilda
  • Mary Odette as Celia Ridler
  • Lionelle Howard as Seaton Ridler
  • Randle Ayrton as I. Azreal
  • Roy Travers as Sir Charles Pounds
  • Charles Danvers as Sir Marmaduke Ridler
  • James McWilliams as Stubbs
  • Peggy Bayfield as Nance

References

  1. ^ Low p.418
  2. ^ Whiteing, Richard (1899). No. 5 John Street (4th ed.). London: Grant Richards.
  3. ^ "Review of No. 5, John Street by Richard Whiteing". The Athenaeum (3725). 18 March 1899.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

  • No. 5 John Street at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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