The Brass Bottle (1914 film)
{{Short description|1914 British film by Sidney Morgan}}
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| name = The Brass Bottle
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| director = Sidney Morgan
| producer = Nicholas Ormsby-Scott
| based_on = {{basedon|The Brass Bottle|Thomas Anstey Guthrie}}
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| distributor = World Film Company
| released = {{Film date|1914|05}}
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent film..(English intertitles)
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The Brass Bottle is a 1914 British-produced silent fantasy film based on Thomas Anstey Guthrie's 1900 novel of the same name. It was directed by Sidney Morgan. The film was a joint production between the British and Americans whereas it was produced by and has an all-British cast but was distributed by the American World Film Company.[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BrassBottle1914.html The Brass Bottle at silentera.com]
The film was remade in the United States by French director Maurice Tourneur in 1923 as The Brass Bottle. Both versions appear to be lost.
Cast
- E. Holman Clark - Fakrash-al-Amash
- Alfred Bishop - Professor Futvoye
- Doris Lytton - Sylvia Futvoye
- Lawrence Grossmith - Horace Ventmire
- Tom Mowbray - Samuel Wackerbath
- Joseph R. Tozer - King Solomon (*as J.R. Tozer)
- Mary Brough - Mrs. Futovye
- Vane Featherston -
- Rudge Harding -
- Molly Farrell -
Reviews
In the London Evening News the film was described as "artistic and very amusing".[https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/uk/middlesex/london/london-evening-news/1914/04-02/page-7 London Evening News Newspaper Archives], 2 April 1914, p. 7, Retrieved 23 March 2025.
References
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External links
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Category:British films based on plays
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films directed by Sidney Morgan
Category:Films based on multiple works
Category:World Film Company films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British fantasy films
Category:British silent feature films
Category:1910s English-language films
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