Disraeli (1916 film)

















































Disraeli
Directed by
Charles Calvert
Percy Nash
Produced by Arrigo Bocchi
Written by
Louis N. Parker (play and screenplay)
Starring
Dennis Eadie
Mary Jerrold
Cyril Raymond
Production
company

NB Films
Distributed by NB Films
Release date
November 1916
Running time
6 reels
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Disraeli is a 1916 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and Percy Nash and starring Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold and Cyril Raymond. The film was based on the 1911 play Disraeli by Louis N. Parker, which was adapted twice more, as a 1921 silent version and most famously in 1929 as an early sound film. It was made at Ealing Studios.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Synopsis


  • 2 Cast


  • 3 References


  • 4 Bibliography


  • 5 External links





Synopsis


The mid-Victorian statesman Benjamin Disraeli manages to thwart the plans of Britain's rival Great Powers and gain control of the strategically important Suez Canal.



Cast




  • Dennis Eadie as Benjamin Disraeli


  • Mary Jerrold as Lady Beaconsfield


  • Cyril Raymond as Lord Deeford


  • Dorothy Bellew as Clarissa


  • Fred Morgan as Nigel Foljambe


  • Daisy Cordell as Mrs. Travers


  • Cecil Morton York as Duke of Glastonbury


  • Evelyn Harding as Duchess of Glastonbury


  • Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Michael Probert


  • A.B. Imeson as Meyers


  • Mrs. Henry Lytton as Queen Victoria



References





  1. ^ Low p.87




Bibliography


  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005.


External links



  • Disraeli on IMDb











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