The Double Event (1921 film)

The Double Event
Directed by	Kenelm Foss
Written by	Kenelm Foss
Produced by	H.W. Thompson
Starring	Mary Odette Roy Travers Lionelle Howard
Production company	Astra Films
Distributed by	Astra Films
Release date	July 1921 (1921-07)
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Double Event is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Mary Odette, Roy Travers and Lionelle Howard.[1] After her father, a country clergyman, loses large sums of money his daughter recoups his losses by becoming the partner of a bookie.

The film is based on the play The Double Event, which was adapted into a sound film The Double Event in 1934.

Cast

• Mary Odette as Dot Martingale
• Roy Travers as Captain Dennison
• Lionelle Howard as Charles Martingale
• Tom Coventry as Angus McNeil
• Roy Byford as James Bennington
• Beatie Olna Travers as Laura Bennington
• James McWilliams as Reverend Hubert Martingale
• Louie Freear as Susannah
• Sydney Wood as Dick Martingale
• Julie Kean as Harriet Martingale

References

1. Low p.358

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• The Double Event at IMDb