It Is for England is a 1916 silent film propaganda war drama written and directed by Laurence Cowen. It is also called The Hidden Hand.
| It Is for England | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Laurence Cowen |
| Written by | Laurence Cowen |
| Produced by | Union Jack Company The Admiralty |
| Starring | Helene Gingold Percy Moran Margaret Shelley |
| Distributed by | Phillips & Carroll (UK) Gaumont British Distributors (UK 1918, rerelease) |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 reels(1916) 5 reels(1918 rerelease) |
| Country | UK |
| Language | Silent..English |
It is preserved at the Library of Congress.[1]
Cast
edit- Helene Gingold - Reverend Christian St. George
- Percy Moran - Lt. Stephen English RN
- Margaret Shelley - Mary Marshall
- Thomas Canning - John Marshall MP
- R. Courtland - Percy Marshall
- Lionel d'Aragon - Sir Charles Rosenbaum Bart MP
- Gilbert Parker - Himself (*as Sir Gilbert Parker)
- Leonard Shepherd - The Kaiser
- Roy Travers - The Kaiser's Foreign Secretary
References
edit- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.91 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
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