Sweet and Twenty

Sweet and Twenty
Directed by	Sidney Morgan
Written by	Basil Hood (play) Sidney Morgan
Produced by	Frank E. Spring
Starring	Marguerite Blanche Langhorn Burton George Keene Arthur Lennard
Production company	Progress Films
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service
Release date	November 1919 (1919-11) [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Sweet and Twenty is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Marguerite Blanche, Langhorn Burton and George Keene.

It adapts a play by Basil Hood. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

The film revolves around the son of a cleric who leaves to Australia after being court-martialled. ^[5] It had five reels. ^[6]

Cast

• Marguerite Blanche as Jean Trevellyn
• Langhorn Burton as Douglas Floyd
• George Keene as Eustace Floyd
• Arthur Lennard as Reverend James Floyd
• George Bellamy as Prynne
• Nell Emerald as Ellen

Reception

"Sweet and Twenty is a charmingly produced English film, with story, photogtaphy, and-acting well above the average.", wrote The Era. ^[7]

References

1. Low p.460
2. "Production of Sweet and Twenty | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
3. Grein, James Thomas (1902). Dramatic criticism. John Long.
4. Cheshire, Ellen; Clarke, James (2 March 2017). Electric Pictures: A Guide to the Films, Film-Makers & Cinemas of Worthing & Shoreham. The History Press. ISBN   978-0-7509-8202-3.
5. Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-83702-2.
6. Low, Rachael (13 September 2013). History of British Film (Volume 4): The History of the British Film 1918 - 1929. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-20634-4.
7. The Era 1919-11-26: Vol 82 Iss 4236. Internet Archive. 26 November 1919.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• Sweet and Twenty at IMDb