Lights of London (1923 film)

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Lights of London
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Directed by Charles Calvert
Written by George R. Sims (play)
Louis Stevens
Produced byA.C. Bromhead
Starring Wanda Hawley
Nigel Barrie
Warburton Gamble
James Lindsay
Production
company
British Screencraft
Distributed by Gaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • September 1923 (1923-09)
Running time
7,386 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lights of London is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Warburton Gamble. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama The Lights o' London by George Sims [2] and was made at the Lime Grove Studios. [3] It revolves around a rich heir who is framed by his cousin and sent to jail. [4]

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Cast

Reception

Variety called it a "very ordinary and mediocre drama" and a "disappointment throughout" in spite of "several excellent performances." [6]

References

  1. ↑ Low p.397
  2. ↑ Jakobs, Lydia (26 October 2021). Pictures of Poverty: The Works of George R. Sims and Their Screen Adaptations. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-86196-986-9.
  3. ↑ ""LIGHTS OF LONDON" UP-TO-DATE". The Film Renter And Moving Picture News. 19 May 1923. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-83702-2.
  5. ↑ The Motion Picture Studio (Jul 1923-Feb 1924). Media History Digital Library. 1923.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ↑ "LIGHTS OF LONDON". Variety . October 1923. Retrieved 20 March 2025.

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