Moors is a gorgeous backdrop to cecil hepworths excellent melodrama helen of four gates. A feminist, socialist writer of poetry and journalism based on her experiences of factory life, she wrote several novels of which this was the most popular. Helen of four gates to get screening after 80year hiatus film the. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. It is an adaptation of charles reades 1861 novel the cloister and the hearth. With alma taylor, james carew, gerald ames, george dewhurst. Alma taylor, james carew, gerald ames, james annand, george dewhurst, gwynne herbert and john macandrews. Helen of four gates 1920 is a british silent film melodrama, directed by cinema pioneer cecil hepworth and starring alma taylor james carew and gerald. Helen is told by a rival for her hand that there is madness in the family of abel mason who she is courting and is persuaded to. Feature films such as the silent screen classic helen of four gates 1920 and feel good film fanny and elvis 1999 have showcased the beauty of calderdale. Humoresque 1920 full movie download full hd youtube. Helen of four gates was a popular novel by a working class lancashire mill girl, ethel carnie, writing under her married name of holdsworth.
It would be interesting to know the reaction of audiences in the early 1920s who were more used to seeing the likes of charlie chaplin. A madman adopts the daughter of the dead woman who rejected him and forces her to marry a crook. Alma taylor, james carew, gerald ames, imdb rating. Like several of hepworths later films, helen of four gates was a literary adaptation but this time of a novel by a former mill girl from blackburn, ethel carnie 18861962 who. There is quite a story behind the interest in this film from arguably the major pioneering figure in british cinema, cecil hepworth 19741953. Helen of four gates movie information from citwf, the free online movie database covering over 507,364 movies from 175 countries. A hepworth picture play production featuring a collection of still images from the silent movie helen of four gates that was. Helen of four gates 1920 movie picture download mm52. Helen of four gates 1920 silent film by cecil hepworth youtube. Feature films such as the silent screen classic helen of four gates 1920 and feel.
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