Profit and the Loss is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and Eliot Stannard and starring James Carew, Randle Ayrton and Margaret Halstan.[2]

Profit and the Loss
Directed byA. V. Bramble
Eliot Stannard
Written byH. F. Maltby (play)
StarringJames Carew
Randle Ayrton
Saba Raleigh
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
  • 19 March 1917 (1917-03-19)[1]
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot edit

When friends fail him, a tenant farmer turns to making money.

Cast edit

  • James Carew - Dicky Bransome
  • Randle Ayrton - Jenkins
  • Margaret Halstan
  • Saba Raleigh

References edit

  1. ^ Low p.298
  2. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | the PROFIT AND THE LOSS (1917)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.

Bibliography edit

  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links edit