Profit and the Loss

Profit and the Loss
Directed by	A. V. Bramble Eliot Stannard
Written by	H. F. Maltby (play)
Starring	James Carew Randle Ayrton Saba Raleigh
Production company	Ideal Film Company
Distributed by	Ideal Film Company
Release date	March 19, 1917 (1917-03-19) [1]
Running time	5 reels
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Profit and the Loss is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and Eliot Stannard and starring James Carew, Randle Ayrton and Margaret Halstan. ^[2]

It adapts a play (Profit - and the Loss) by H.F. Maltby. ^[3]

Plot

When friends fail him, a tenant farmer turns to making money.

Cast

• James Carew - Dicky Bransome
• Randle Ayrton - Jenkins
• Margaret Halstan
• Saba Raleigh

References

1. Low p.298
2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | the PROFIT AND THE LOSS (1917)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
3. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links

• Profit and the Loss at IMDb