A Prince of Lovers
| A Prince of Lovers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Calvert |
| Based on | Byron by Alicia Ramsey |
| Starring | Howard Gaye Marjorie Hume Mary Clare David Hawthorne |
| Cinematography | A. St. A. Brown Basil Emmott |
Production company | British Screencraft |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
A Prince of Lovers is a 1922 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Howard Gaye, Marjorie Hume and Mary Clare.[1] The film portrays the life of the British writer Lord Byron, and was based on Alicia Ramsey's play Byron (1908).[2]
Cast
- Howard Gaye as Lord Byron
- Marjorie Hume as Isabella Milbanke
- Mary Clare as Lady Caroline Lamb
- David Hawthorne as Cam Hobhouse
- Marjorie Day as Augusta Leigh
- George Foley as Sir Ralph Milbanke
- H.R. Hignett as Fletcher
- Wyndham Guise as Joe
- Gladys Hamilton as Lady Milbanke
- W.D.C. Knox as Sir Walter Scott
- Viva Birkett as Lady Jersey
- Eugene Leahy as Tom Moore
- Bellenden Powell as Prince Regent
- Saba Raleigh as Madame de Stael
- Geoffrey Dunstan as Scrope Davis
- Emmeline Ormsby as Mrs. Byron
- Hector Abbas as Murray
- Eileen Onions as Ada Augusta Byron
- Madge Tree as Mrs. Clermont
- Marie Ault as Nannie
References
- ^ BFI Database entry
- ^ Christine Kenyon-Jones, ed., Byron: The Image of the Poet (Associated University Press, 2008), p. 98
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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