The Ever Open Door
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| The Ever Open Door | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fred Goodwins |
| Written by | George R. Sims (play) William J. Elliott |
| Starring | Hayford Hobbs Daphne Glenne Margaret Hope Ralph Forster |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
Release date |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Ever Open Door is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Hayford Hobbs, Daphne Glenne and Margaret Hope.[1] It was based on the play The Ever Open Door by George R. Sims, a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas. It was one of a number of Sims' plays to be adapted for cinema during the silent era.[2]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Hayford Hobbs - Dick
- Daphne Glenne - Miriam
- Margaret Hope - Janet
- Sydney Wood - Robbie
- Terence Cavanagh - Honourable John Halstead
- Ralph Forster - Father Clement
References
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
- Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.
External links
[edit | edit source]- The Ever Open Door at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
