Thelma (1922 film)
| Thelma | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Chester Bennett |
| Written by | Thomas Dixon Jr. |
| Based on | Thelma by Marie Corelli |
| Starring | Jane Novak Barbara Tennant Gordon Mullen |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
Production company | Chester Bennett Productions |
| Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Thelma is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Barbara Tennant and Gordon Mullen.[1] It is based on the 1887 novel of the same title by the British writer Marie Corelli.
A Norwegian woman falls in love with an Englishman and moves to London to live with him. However his jealous friends plot to drive them apart.
Thelma as a child was played by Jane Novak's four-year-old daughter Virginia.[2]
Cast
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- Jane Novak as Thelma Guildmar
- Barbara Tennant as Britta
- Gordon Mullen as Lovissa
- Bert Sprotte as Olaf Guildmar
- Vernon Steele as Sir Phillip Errington
- Peter Burke as Lorimer
- Jack Rollens as Sigurd
- Harvey Clark as Dyceworthy
- June Elvidge as Lady Clara Winsleigh
- Wedgwood Nowell as Lennox
- Virginia Novak as Little Thelma
- Harry Lonsdale as Neville
References
[edit]- ^ Munden p.213
- ^ "Will Double For Mother". Los Angeles Times. August 18, 1922. p. 35. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
[edit]- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- 1922 films
- 1922 drama films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Silent American drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Chester Bennett
- Film Booking Offices of America films
- Films based on British novels
- Films set in Norway
- Films set in London
- 1920s American films
- English-language drama films
- Films based on works by Marie Corelli
- 1920s American film stubs