The Ever Open Door

The Ever Open Door
Directed by	Fred Goodwins
Written by	George R. Sims (play) William J. Elliott
Starring	Hayford Hobbs Daphne Glenne Margaret Hope Ralph Forster
Production company	Ideal Film Company
Distributed by	Ideal Film Company
Release date	1920 (1920)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Ever Open Door is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Hayford Hobbs, Daphne Glenne and Margaret Hope. ^[1] It was based on the play The Ever Open Door by George R. Sims, a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas. It was one of a number of Sims' plays to be adapted for cinema during the silent era. ^[2]

Cast

• Hayford Hobbs - Dick
• Daphne Glenne - Miriam
• Margaret Hope - Janet
• Sydney Wood - Robbie
• Terence Cavanagh - Honourable John Halstead
• Ralph Forster - Father Clement

References

1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | The EVER OPEN DOOR (1920)". 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
2. Richards p.143

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
• Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.

External links

• The Ever Open Door at IMDb