The Labour Leader
1917 British film
- Fred Groves
- Fay Compton
- Owen Nares
Production
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Release date
- June 1917 (1917-06)
The Labour Leader is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Fred Groves, Fay Compton and Owen Nares. The film was based on an original screenplay by Kenelm Foss.[1]
Plot summary
After his friend impregnates a laundress, a socialist marries her while navigating his own rise to become a Labour Party Member of Parliament.
Cast
- Fred Groves as John Webster
- Fay Compton as Diana Hazlitt
- Owen Nares as Gilbert Hazlitt
- Christine Silver as Nell Slade
- Lauri de Frece as Bert Slade
- Frederick Volpe as Sir George Hazlitt
References
- ^ Low p.70
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005.
External links
- The Labour Leader at IMDb
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Films directed by Thomas Bentley
- Oliver Twist (1912)
- David Copperfield (1913)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1914)
- The Chimes (1914)
- Hard Times (1915)
- Barnaby Rudge (1915)
- Milestones (1916)
- Beau Brocade (1916)
- The Labour Leader (1917)
- Daddy (1917)
- Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
- The Divine Gift (1918)
- Once Upon a Time (1918)
- The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
- General Post (1920)
- Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
- The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
- A Master of Craft (1922)
- Through Fire and Water (1923)
- Wanted, a Boy (1924)
- Old Bill Through the Ages (1924)
- Love and Hate (1924)
- Chappy—That's All (1924)
- Money Isn't Everything (1925)
- A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
- White Heat (1926)
- The Silver Lining (1927)
- Not Quite a Lady (1928)
- Young Woodley (1928)
- The American Prisoner (1929)
- Harmony Heaven (1930)
- Young Woodley (1930)
- Compromising Daphne (1931)
- Hobson's Choice (1931)
- Keepers of Youth (1932)
- After Office Hours (1932)
- Sleepless Nights (1933)
- Hawley's of High Street (1933)
- The Love Nest (1933)
- The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
- Those Were the Days (1934)
- The Great Defender (1934)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
- The Angelus (1937)
- Silver Blaze (1937)
- The Last Chance (1937)
- Night Alone (1938)
- Marigold (1938)
- Me and My Pal (1939)
- Lucky to Me (1939)
- Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
- The Middle Watch (1940)
- Three Silent Men (1940)
- Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
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