Frank Poole Dyall, professionally known as Franklin Dyall, was an English actor. In his early years he was a member of the companies of the actor-managers George Alexander, Ben Greet, John Martin-Harvey and Johnston Forbes-Robertson. During a 50-year stage career he played a wide range of parts in plays from Shakespeare to modern comedy, grand guignol, swashbuckling costume drama and the works of Ibsen. He broadcast on radio and television and made more than 20 films. He was the father of the actor Valentine Dyall.
Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before his death in 1937. He established a production company with George Clark whom he had met during the First World War, and they raised finance to construct a new studios at Beaconsfield Studios. Newall was married twice, to actresses Ivy Duke and Dorothy Batley.
The Starlit Garden is a 1923 British silent romantic film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, Lawford Davidson and Mary Rorke. The film is set in Italy and concerns a doomed romance between a ward and her guardian. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.
The Persistent Lovers is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and A. Bromley Davenport. It was an adaptation of a 1915 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs.
Ivy Duke was a British actress. She was married to the actor and director Guy Newall with whom she co-starred in several films.
Vice Versa is a 1916 British silent fantasy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Charles Rock, Douglas Munro and Guy Newall. It is an adaptation of the 1882 novel Vice Versa by Thomas Anstey Guthrie. The screenplay concerns a schoolboy who magically swaps places with his pompous father.
The Marriage Bond is a 1932 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Mary Newcomb, Guy Newall and Stewart Rome. It was made by Twickenham Film Studios.
Smith is a 1917 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and Manora Thew. It was based on the 1909 play Smith by Somerset Maugham.
The Mirage is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Edward O'Neill, Dorothy Holmes-Gore and Douglas Munro. The screenplay was written by Guy Newall and Ivy Duke based on a story by E. Temple Thurston. The screenplay concerns a poor French aristocrat living in Bloomsbury who falls in love with a woman.
Douglas Munro was an English actor.
The Lure of Crooning Water is a 1920 British silent comedy romance film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Guy Newall, Ivy Duke and Hugh Buckler. It is adapted from a novel by Marion Hill. It was one of several rural romances that Rooke directed. At least one copy of the film survives.
Fox Farm is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Barbara Everest. It is based on the 1911 novel Fox Farm by Warwick Deeping. A farmer's wife becomes obsessed with the high life, and abandons him after he loses his sight. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. Unlike many of the era, the film is still extant.
The Bigamist is a 1921 British silent romance film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, and Julian Royce.
Boy Woodburn is a 1922 British silent sports film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Mary Rorke. It is set in the world of English horse racing. It was known in the United States by the alternative title Wings of the Turf. It was based on the 1917 novel Boy Woodburn by Alfred Ollivant.
The March Hare is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Frank Miller and starring Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke and Will Corrie. The screenplay was written by Guy Newall as a vehicle for his wife Ivy Duke.
Esther is a 1916 British silent historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and Charles Rock. The film portrays the biblical story of Esther.
I Will is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Kenelm Foss and Hubert Herrick and starring Guy Newall, Ivy Duke and Dorothy Minto. In order to be able to marry a beautiful daughter of a socialist, a wealthy young aristocrat gains a job as a farmworker.
Fancy Dress is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke and Guy Newall. A lawyer hires a strolling player to impersonate an aristocrat.
A Maid of the Silver Sea is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Cameron Carr. It is an adaptation of the 1910 novel of the same name by John Oxenham.
Duke's Son is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Franklin Dyall and starring Guy Newall, Ivy Duke and Hugh Buckler.
