Passers By (1920 film)

Passers By is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Leila Valentine and Ellen Burford. It was based on a 1911 West End play of the same title by C. Haddon Chambers, which had previously been made into the 1916 film Passers By.[1]

Passers By
Directed byJ. Stuart Blackton
Written byStanley Olmstead
Based onPassers By by C. Haddon Chambers
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
StarringHerbert Rawlinson
Leila Valentine
Ellen Burford
CinematographyWilliam S. Adams
Production
company
J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
June 20, 1920
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Synopsis

In England a young man falls in love with the governess to his stepsister's children. When she discovers about the potential relationship she does her best to sabotage it due to her snobbish attitudes.

Cast

  • Herbert Rawlinson as Peter Waverton
  • Leila Valentine as Margaret Summers
  • Ellen Burford as Beatrice Dainton
  • Pauline Coffyn as Lady Hurley
  • William J. Ferguson as Pine, the Butler
  • Tom Lewis as Nighty
  • Dick Lee as Burns
  • Charles Stuart Blackton as Little Peter

References

  1. Goble p.903

Bibliography

  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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