Daniel Deronda (film)

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Daniel Deronda
Directed by Walter Courtney Rowden
Written by George Eliot (novel)
Frank Miller
Starring Reginald Fox
Ann Trevor
Clive Brook
Production
company
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
1921
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Daniel Deronda is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starring Reginald Fox, Ann Trevor and Clive Brook. [1] [2] It is an adaptation of the 1876 novel Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. The short film was made at Teddington Studios by Master Films. [3]

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References

  1. "Daniel Deronda". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. Low, Rachael (1971). The History of the British Film: 1918-1929. Allen & Unwin. pp. 138, 354. ISBN   0047910216.
  3. Newnam, Malcolm. "Teddington Studios". Britmovies. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.