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Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In 1926 he directed his first film The Woman Juror and went on to direct another 16 films between 1926 and 1938.
A Woman of No Importance is a 1921 British drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Milton Rosmer, Ward McAllister, Lillian Walker, and Henry Vibart. It is based on the play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde. It is not known whether the film currently survives, and it may be a lost film.
Balaclava is a 1928 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth, and Wally Patch. A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as a private to take part in the Crimean War and succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy. The film climaxes with the Charge of the Light Brigade. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures with David Lean working as a production assistant. The charge sequences were filmed on the Long Valley in Aldershot in Hampshire.
Return to Yesterday is a 1940 British comedy-drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Clive Brook and Anna Lee. It was based on Robert Morley's play Goodness, How Sad. The film was made at Ealing Studios.
A Romance of Mayfair is a 1925 British romance film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Betty Faire, Henry Victor and Molly Johnson. It was based on the novel The Crime of Constable Kelly by J.C. Snaith and made by Stoll Pictures at their Cricklewood Studios. The screenplay concerns the love affair between the heir to a Duke and a young actress.
Belphegor the Mountebank is a 1921 British silent film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Milton Rosmer, Kathleen Vaughan and Warwick Ward. It is based on the play Belphegor, the mountebank : or, Woman's constancy from the 1850s by Charles Webb. Webb's own play was a translation and adaptation of Adolphe d'Ennery's and Marc Fournier's Paillasse.
The Challenge is a 1938 British drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Luis Trenker and starring Robert Douglas and Luis Trenker. The film is about the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by Edward Whymper.
General John Regan is a 1921 British comedy film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Milton Rosmer, Madge Stuart and Ward McAllister.
Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1916 British silent comedy film directed by Fred Paul and starring Milton Rosmer, Netta Westcott and Nigel Playfair. It was the first film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan. A print of the film still exists and it has been released on DVD by the British Film Institute.
The Chinese Puzzle is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Leon M. Lion, Lilian Braithwaite and Milton Rosmer. It was an adaptation of the play The Chinese Puzzle written by Lion and Marion Bower.
Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era.
Colonel Newcome is a 1920 British silent historical drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Milton Rosmer, Joyce Carey and Temple Bell. It was based on the 1854-55 novel The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Demos is a 1921 silent British drama film directed by Denison Clift. The film is considered to be lost.
Whoso Is Without Sin is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Hilda Moore, Milton Rosmer and Flora Morris. The screenplay concerns a woman who offers shelter to a prostitute.
Still Waters Run Deep is a 1916 British silent crime film directed by Fred Paul and starring Lady Helen Tree, Milton Rosmer and Rutland Barrington. It was based on the 1855 play Still Waters Run Deep by Tom Taylor.
The Will is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Milton Rosmer, Evangeline Hilliard and Anthony Holles. It was based on the 1914 play The Will by J. M. Barrie.
The Diamond Necklace is a 1921 British silent historical drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Milton Rosmer, Jessie Winter and Sara Sample. It is based on the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.
Leslie Howard Gordon was a British screenwriter and actor of the silent and early sound film eras. He also directed three films in the 1930s including The Double Event (1934). He worked as a screenwriter for Stoll Pictures in the early 1920s, when the company was the largest studio in the country. He often worked with the director Sinclair Hill.
The Passionate Friends is a 1922 British romantic drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Milton Rosmer, Valia, and Fred Raynham. It is based on H.G. Wells' The Passionate Friends: A Novel (1913), which was adapted again by David Lean for his 1949 film The Passionate Friends.
The Amazing Partnership is a 1921 British silent mystery film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Milton Rosmer, Gladys Mason and Arthur Walcott. It is based on the 1914 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
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- ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | A ROMANCE OF WASTDALE (1921)". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
