Disraeli (1916 film)

Disraeli
Directed by
Written byLouis N. Parker (play and screenplay)
Produced byArrigo Bocchi
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byNB Films
Release date
  • November 1916 (1916-11)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1]

When actor George Arliss who had made his name appearing in the play, wanted to make the 1921 version in America he acquired the rights from producer Arrigo Bocchi and oversaw the destruction of all copies of the original film.[2]

Synopsis

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

References

  1. ^ Low p.87
  2. ^ Fells p.33-34

Bibliography

  • Fells, Robert M. George Arliss: The Man Who Played God . Scarecrow Press, 2004.
  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005.


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