| Mr. Gilfil's Love Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | A. V. Bramble |
| Written by | George Eliot (novel) Eliot Stannard |
| Starring | Robert Henderson Bland Mary Odette Peter Upcher Dora De Winton |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
Release date | 1920 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Robert Henderson Bland, Mary Odette and Peter Upcher.[1] It was based on the short story Mr. Gilfil's Love Story from George Eliot's 1857 work Scenes of Clerical Life. A chaplain to an aristocratic British family falls in love with their ward, a young Italian woman, who he marries. Tragedy strikes when she dies only a few months later, leaving him in a state of grief.
Cast
- Robert Henderson Bland - Maynard Gilfil
- Mary Odette - Caterina
- Peter Upcher - Anthony Wybrow
- Dora De Winton - Lady Clevere
- A. Harding Steerman - Sir Christopher Chever
- Aileen Bagot - Beatrice Asscher
- Norma Whalley - Lady Asscher
- John Boella - Signor Sarti
- Irene Drew - Dorcas
- Robert Clifton - Knott
References
External links
- Mr. Gilfil's Love Story at IMDb
- "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story" free PDF of Blackwood's 1878 Cabinet Edition (the critical standard with Eliot's final corrections) at the George Eliot Archive
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