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[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.

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