Eugene Aram (1924 film)
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Eugene Aram
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| director = Arthur Rooke
| producer = I.B. Davidson
| based_on = Eugene Aram by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
| writer = Kinchen Wood
| starring = Arthur Wontner
Barbara Hoffe
Mary Odette
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = I.B. Davidson Productions
| distributor = Granger
| released = {{Film date|1924|02|28|df=yes}}
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent
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Eugene Aram is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Arthur Wontner, Barbara Hoffe and Mary Odette.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61656 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527163549/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61656 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2009 |title=Eugene Aram (1924) | BFI |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=17 November 2016}} It was based on the 1832 novel Eugene Aram by Edward Bulwer-Lytton which depicts the life of the eighteenth century criminal Eugene Aram.
Cast
- Arthur Wontner as Eugene Aram
- Barbara Hoffe as Madeleine Lester
- Mary Odette as Elinor Lester
- James Carew as Richard Houseman
- C. V. France as Squire Lester
- Walter Tennyson as Walter Lester
- Lionel d'Aragon as Daniel Clarke
- A. Bromley Davenport as Cpl. Bunting
- William Matthews as John Courtland
References
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Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0182082}}
{{Arthur Rooke}}
Category:1920s historical drama films
Category:British silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Arthur Rooke
Category:Films set in the 1740s
Category:Films set in the 1750s
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films based on works by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Category:Crime films based on actual events
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent British historical drama films
Category:English-language historical drama films
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