The Toilers (1919 film)

The Toilers
Directed by	Tom Watts
Written by	R. C. Sherriff Eliot Stannard
Based on	novel Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo [1]
Produced by	Neville Bruce
Starring	Manora Thew George Dewhurst Gwynne Herbert Ronald Colman
Cinematography	E. G. Egrot
Production company	Diamond Super Film Company
Distributed by	Neville Bruce, Limited
Release dates	March 1919 (1919-03)(UK) 27 March 1919 (1919-03-27)(US)
Running time	5 reels [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent

The Toilers is a 1919 British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London. ^[2] Two of five reels survive. ^[3]

Cast

• Manora Thew as Rose
• George Dewhurst as Jack
• Gwynne Herbert as Mother
• Ronald Colman as Bob
• Eric Barker as Jack (as a child)
• John Corrie as Lighthouse Keeper
• Mollie Terraine as Merchant's Daughter

References

1. "The Toilers". silentera.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
2. "The Toilers (1919)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
3. Frank, Sam (1997). Ronald Colman: A Bio-Bibliography. Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts (No. 74). Greenwood Press. ISBN   0-313-26433-3. p. 61.

External links

• The Toilers at IMDb
• The Toilers (1919) at the British Film Institute
• The Toilers at silentera.com