Lamp in the Desert
{{short description|1922 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Lamp in the Desert
| image =
| caption =
| director = F. Martin Thornton
| producer =
| writer = Leslie Howard Gordon
| starring = Gladys Jennings
Louis Willoughby
George K. Arthur
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = Stoll Pictures
| distributor = Stoll Pictures
| released ={{Film date|1922|01|}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent
English intertitles
| budget =
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Lamp in the Desert is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring Gladys Jennings, Louis Willoughby and George K. Arthur. It was adapted from a 1919 novel by Ethel M. Dell and turned into a script by Leslie Howard Gordon.
Plot
The film is a drama set in India. The story centers around a captain who forces a bigamist to feign death so that he can marry his widow.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae7a59e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011214656/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae7a59e|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2018|title=Lamp in the Desert (1922)|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en}}
Cast
- Gladys Jennings as Stella Denvers
- Louis Willoughby as Captain Everard Monck
- George K. Arthur as Tony Denvers
- Joseph R. Tozer as Captain Raleigh Dacres
- Teddy Arundell as Major Ralston
- Lewis Gilbert as Colonel Mansfield
- Tony Fraser as Waziri spy
- Gladys Mason as Mrs Ralston
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0141535}}
{{Floyd Martin Thornton}}
Category:British silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Silent British drama films
Category:English-language drama films
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