Sweet and Twenty

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{{Infobox film

| name = Sweet and Twenty

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| director = Sidney Morgan

| producer = Frank E. Spring

| writer = {{ubl|Basil Hood (play)|Sidney Morgan}}

| starring = {{ubl|Marguerite Blanche|Langhorn Burton|George Keene|Arthur Lennard}}

| music =

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| studio = Progress Films

| distributor = Butcher's Film Service

| released = {{Film date|1919|11|ref1=Low p.460}}

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = {{ubl|Silent|English intertitles}}

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Sweet and Twenty is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Marguerite Blanche, Langhorn Burton and George Keene.

It adapts a play by Basil Hood.{{Cite web |title=Production of Sweet and Twenty {{!}} Theatricalia |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/7s5/sweet-and-twenty/production/1469 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite book |last=Grein |first=James Thomas |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Dramatic_criticism/nTwPAAAAQAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=basil+hood+sweet+and+twenty&dq=basil+hood+sweet+and+twenty&printsec=frontcover |title=Dramatic criticism |date=1902 |publisher=John Long |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Cheshire |first=Ellen |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Electric_Pictures/CiKUDQAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=sidney+morgan+sweet+and+twenty&pg=PA1918&printsec=frontcover |title=Electric Pictures: A Guide to the Films, Film-Makers & Cinemas of Worthing & Shoreham |last2=Clarke |first2=James |date=2017-03-02 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0-7509-8202-3 |language=en}}

The film revolves around the son of a cleric who leaves to Australia after being court-martialled.{{Cite book |last=Gifford |first=Denis |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_British_Film_Catalogue/3mkPEAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=sidney+morgan+sweet+and+twenty&pg=PA253&printsec=frontcover |title=The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film |date=2018-10-24 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-83702-2 |language=en}} It had five reels.{{Cite book |last=Low |first=Rachael |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/History_of_British_Film_Volume_4/6UbaAAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=sidney+morgan+sweet+and+twenty&pg=PA460&printsec=frontcover |title=History of British Film (Volume 4): The History of the British Film 1918 - 1929 |date=2013-09-13 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-20634-4 |language=en}}

Cast

Reception

"Sweet and Twenty is a charmingly produced English film, with story, photogtaphy, and-acting well above the average.", wrote The Era. {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/per_era_the-era_1919-11-26_82_4236/page/n21/mode/2up?q=%22Sweet+and+Twenty%22+%22Sidney+Morgan%22 |title=The Era 1919-11-26: Vol 82 Iss 4236 |date=1919-11-26 |others=Internet Archive |language=English}}

References

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Bibliography

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