Zero (1928 film)

Zero
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Written by	Lydia Hayward
Based on	the novel Zero by H. Collinson Owen
Produced by	James B. Sloan
Starring	Stewart Rome Fay Compton Jeanne De Casalis Sam Livesey
Production company	Film Manufacturing Company
Distributed by	First National-Pathé Pictures
Release date	1928 (1928)
Running time	8,159 feet [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Zero is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Stewart Rome, Fay Compton and Jeanne De Casalis. ^[2] Based on the 1927 novel by H. Collinson Owen, it was made at Cricklewood Studios. ^[3]

Premise

A writer fakes his own death and establishes a new identity in order to live with his mistress, but he returns to his wife when she becomes ill.

Cast

• Stewart Rome as John Garth
• Fay Compton as Mrs Garth
• Jeanne De Casalis as Julia Norton
• Sam Livesey as Monty Sterling
• Dorinea Shirley as Veronica Sterling
• Joseph R. Tozer as Major Potterton
• Lewis Shaw as Victor Garth

References

1. Low p.486
2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | ZERO (1928)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
3. "Zero by Collinson Owen - AbeBooks".

Bibliography

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

External links

• Zero at IMDb