Liberty Hall (film)

Liberty Hall
Directed by	Harold M. Shaw
Written by	R.C. Carton (play) Bannister Merwin
Starring	Ben Webster Edna Flugrath O. B. Clarence
Production company	London Film Company
Distributed by	Jury Films
Release date	December 1914 (1914-12)
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Liberty Hall is a 1914 British silent comedy film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Ben Webster, Edna Flugrath ^[1] and O. B. Clarence. ^[2] It is an adaptation of the 1892 play of the same title by R. C. Carton. ^[3]

The film had 3 reels. ^[4]

The film revolves around a rich heir who pretends to be the lodger of a young woman who receives unsolicited attentions. ^[5]

The film was theatrically shown in 1917 in the United States as a double feature with Skinner's Dress Suit. ^[6]

Cast

• Ben Webster as Sir Hartley Chilworth
• Edna Flugrath as Ann Chilworth
• O. B. Clarence as Todman Crafer
• Ranee Brooks as Blanche Chilworth
• Douglas Munro as Briginshaw
• Langhorn Burton as Gerald Haringay
• Gwynne Herbert as Mrs. Crafer
• Hubert Willis as Pedrick

References

1. Suburbanite Economist (1916-06-16). 16 June 1916.
2. To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette. Amer. Company, Limited. 1915.
3. Goble p.73
4. Low, Rachael (13 September 2013). History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-20613-9.
5. Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-83702-2.
6. Lowell Sun (1917-07-15). 15 July 1917.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Liberty Hall at IMDb