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The Prude's Fall
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Wikipedia article
'The Prude's Fall' is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston and Warwick Ward.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113223744/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/64494 BFI.org]
The film was shot at Islington Studios, produced by a company that would soon develop into Gainsborough Pictures. It was an adaptation of a play by Rudolph Besier and May Edington with the screenplay written by Alfred Hitchcock. Its German title is 'Seine zweite Frau'. It was also known by the alternative title of 'Dangerous Virtue'.
It was not very well regarded. Iris Barry's review in the 'Daily Mail' ran as follows: "An English picture, not of first-rate quality, but with an interesting cast."'Daily Mail', 23 November 1925, p. 6.
Cast
* Jane Novak as Beatrice Audley
* Julanne Johnston as Sonia Roubetsky
* Warwick Ward as Andre le Briquet
* Hugh Miller as Marquis de Rocqueville
* Gladys Jennings as Laura Westonry
* Miles Mander as Sir Neville Moreton
* Henry Vibart as Dean Carey
* Marie Ault as Mrs Masters
'uncredited'
*Betty Compson
References
Bibliography
* Chapman, Gary. 'London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years'. Edditt, 2014.
* Maurice Yacowar & Barry Keith Grant. 'Hitchcock's British Films'. Wayne State University Press, 2010.
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