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Disraeli (1916 film)

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Adapted from
  
Disraeli

Country
  
United Kingdom

4.9/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Biography, Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Director
  
Charles Calvert Percy Nash

Release date
  
November 1916

Writer
  
Louis N. Parker (play), Louis N. Parker (scenario)

Directors
  
Percy Nash, Charles Calvert

Cast
  
Cyril Raymond, Mary Jerrold, Daisy Cordell

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Genres
  
Drama, Silent film, Biographical film

Disraeli is a 1916 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and Percy Nash and starring Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold and Cyril Raymond. The film was based on the 1911 play Disraeli by Louis N. Parker, which was adapted twice more, as a 1921 silent version and most famously in 1929 as an early sound film. It was made at Ealing Studios.

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Synospsis

The mid-Victorian statesman Benjamin Disraeli manages to thwart the plans of Britain's rival Great Powers and gain control of the strategically important Suez Canal.

Cast

  • Dennis Eadie as Benjamin Disraeli
  • Mary Jerrold as Lady Beaconsfield
  • Cyril Raymond as Lord Deeford
  • Dorothy Bellew as Clarissa
  • Fred Morgan as Nigel Foljambe
  • Daisy Cordell as Mrs. Travers
  • Cecil Morton York as Duke of Glastonbury
  • Evelyn Harding as Duchess of Glastonbury
  • Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Michael Probert
  • A.B. Imeson as Meyers
  • Mrs. Henry Lytton as Queen Victoria

    • References

    Disraeli (1916 film) Wikipedia
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    Disraeli (1916 film) IMDb