Milestones (1920 film)

Milestones
Still from the film
Directed by	Paul Scardon
Written by	Louis Sherwin
Based on	Milestones by Arnold Bennett & Edward Knoblock
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Lewis Stone Alice Hollister Gertrude Robinson
Cinematography	Otto Brautigan
Production company	Goldwyn Pictures
Distributed by	Goldwyn Distributing
Release date	September 9, 1920 (1920-09-09)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Milestones is a 1920 American silent historical drama film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Lewis Stone, Alice Hollister, and Gertrude Robinson.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1912 West End play Milestones by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock.[2] It is a saga of a British upper-class family from the 1860s to the present.

Plot

Cast

• Lewis Stone as John Rhead
• Alice Hollister as Gertrude Rhead
• Gertrude Robinson as Emily Rhead
• Harvey Clark as Sam Sibley
• Mary Alden as Rose Sibley
• May Foster as Nancy Sibley
• Boyd Irwin as Arthur Preece
• Jack Donovan as Richard Sibley Jr
• Correan Kirkham as Honorable Muriel Pym
• Carroll Fleming as Thompson
• Lionel Belmore as Richard Sibley Sr
• Gerald Pring as Ned Pym / Lord Monkhurst / Young Lord Monkhurst

Preservation

With no copies of Milestones located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: Milestones at silentera.com
2. Goble p. 35
3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Milestones

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Milestones at IMDb