Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman

Colonel Newcome
Colonel Newcome
Directed by	Fred Goodwins
Written by	William Makepeace Thackeray (novel) ; William J. Elliott
Starring	Milton Rosmer ; Joyce Carey ; Temple Bell ; Dame May Whitty
Production; company	Ideal Film Company
Distributed by	Ideal Film Company
Release date	1920;
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated November 08, 2025

Colonel Newcome (or Colonel Newcome, the Perfect Gentleman) is a 1920 British silent historical drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Milton Rosmer, Joyce Carey and Temple Bell.^[1] It was based on the 1854-55 novel The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Cast

Milton Rosmer as B. Newcombe
Joyce Carey as Rose
Temple Bell as Ethel Newcome
Louis Willoughby as Newcombe
Dame May Whitty as Mrs. Mackenzie
Fred Morgan as Baynham
Haidee Wright as Lady Newcome
Bobby Andrews as C. Newcombe
Norma Whalley as Lady Clare

References

↑ "BFI listing". BFI.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

External links

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[1] "BFI listing". BFI.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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v t e William Makepeace Thackeray
Works	Catherine (1839–1840) A Shabby Genteel Story (1840) The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844) Mrs. Perkins's Ball (1846) Vanity Fair (1847–1848) The Book of Snobs (1846–1848) Pendennis (1848–1850) Men's Wives (1852) The History of Henry Esmond (1852) The Newcomes (1854–1855) The Rose and the Ring (1854–1855) The Virginians (1857–1859) The Adventures of Philip (1861–1862)
Film and television adaptations	Vanity Fair (1911) Vanity Fair (1915) Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman (1920) Vanity Fair (1922) Vanity Fair (1923) Vanity Fair (1932) Becky Sharp (1935) Vanity Fair (1967) Barry Lyndon (1975) Pierścień i róża (1986) Vanity Fair (1987) Vanity Fair (1998) Vanity Fair (2004) Vanity Fair (2018)
Related	Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (daughter)

Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman

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