Lamp in the Desert is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring Gladys Jennings, Louis Willoughby and George K. Arthur.[1] It was adapted from a 1919 novel by Ethel M. Dell and turned into a script by Leslie Howard Gordon.[1]
| Lamp in the Desert | |
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| Directed by | F. Martin Thornton |
| Written by | Leslie Howard Gordon |
| Starring | Gladys Jennings Louis Willoughby George K. Arthur |
Production company | Stoll Pictures |
| Distributed by | Stoll Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
editThe film is a drama set in India. The story centers around a captain who forces a bigamist to feign death so that he can marry his widow.[1]
Cast
edit- Gladys Jennings as Stella Denvers
- Louis Willoughby as Captain Everard Monck
- George K. Arthur as Tony Denvers
- Joseph R. Tozer as Captain Raleigh Dacres
- Teddy Arundell as Major Ralston
- Lewis Gilbert as Colonel Mansfield
- Tony Fraser as Waziri spy
- Gladys Mason as Mrs Ralston
References
edit- ^ a b c "Lamp in the Desert (1922)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
External links
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