The Man Who Stayed at Home (1915 film)

The Man Who Stayed at Home
The Man Who Stayed at Home
Directed by	Cecil M. Hepworth
Based on	The Man Who Stayed at Home (play); by Lechmere Worrall; J. E. Harold Terry;
Starring	Dennis Eadie; Violet Hopson; Alma Taylor;
Production; company	Hepworth Picture Plays
Distributed by	Central Films
Release date	July 1915;
Running time	3,000 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent; English intertitles;

The Man Who Stayed at Home is a 1915 British silent thriller film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Dennis Eadie, Violet Hopson and Alma Taylor.^[1] It is based on the play by Lechmere Worrall and J. E. Harold Terry.^[2]

Plot summary edit

During the First World War a detective poses as a man who has evaded military service in order to infiltrate a gang of enemy spies operating out of a coastal boarding house.

Cast edit

Dennis Eadie as Christopher Brent
Violet Hopson as Miriam Leigh
Alma Taylor as Molly Preston
Lionelle Howard as Carl Sanderson
Chrissie White as Daphne Kidlington
Henry Edwards as Fritz
Dorothy Rowan as Mrs. Sanderson
Jean Cadell as Miss Myrtle
Ruby Belasco as Fraulein Schroeder

References edit

^ Palmer p.367
^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (reprint ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 542, 775, 856. ISBN 9783110951943. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

Bibliography edit

Palmer, Scott. British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987. McFarland, 1988.

External links edit

The Man Who Stayed at Home at IMDb
Play: The Man Who Stayed at Home archive.org Retrieved 15 July 2016

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[1] Palmer p.367

[Goble-2] Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (reprint ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 542, 775, 856. ISBN 9783110951943. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

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