Honour in Pawn is a 1916 British silent film which starred Helen Haye in her first film role.[1]
The four-reel crime drama was based on the 1911 novel of the same name by W. B. Maxwell[2] to a script by Harold Weston, who was also the Director. The production company was Broadwest Film Company while the Producer was Walter West.[1][3][4]
Synopsis
editA crooked dealer adopts a young woman thief and forces her to steal the plate of a knight.[1][3]
Cast
edit- Nancy Raeborn - Manora Thew
- Sir Roger Singleton - Julian Royce
- Harvey Denman - George Bellamy
- Giovanni Leraca - Ivan Berlyn
- Mrs Fortescue - Helen Haye
- Uncredited - Hetta Bartlett
- Uncredited - Marjorie Compton[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Honour in Pawn - British Film Institute database
- ^ Alan Goble (ed), The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film, Bowker Saur (1999) - Google Books pg. 315
- ^ a b c Denis Gifford, The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film 1895-1994, Routledge (2001) - Google Books
- ^ Rachael Low, The History of British Film 1914-1918 (Volume 3)', Routledge (2011) - Google Books pg. 289
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