The Toilers
(1919) England
B&W : Five reels / 1524 metres
Directed by Tom W. Watts
Cast: Manora Thew [Rose], George Dewhurst [Jack], Gwynne Herbert [mother], Ronald Colman [Bob], Eric Barker [Jack, as a child], John Corrie [the lighthouse keeper], Mollie Terraine [the merchant’s daughter]
Diamond Super, Limited, production; distributed by Neville Bruce, Limited. / Produced by George Dewhurst. Scenario by Eliot Stannard and R.C. Sheriff, from the novel The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo. Cinematography by Egrot (E.G. Egrot). / Released March 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on-location. The film was released in the USA on 27 March 1919.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Victor Hugo
Listing updated: 28 October 2018.
References: Quirk-Colman pp. 14, 26-27; Smith-Colman pp. 6, 11-12 : Website-IMDb.
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