Pillars of Society (1920 film)
1920 film
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Pillars of Society is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Ellen Terry, Norman McKinnel and Mary Rorke.[1] It was based on the 1877 play The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen.[2] Location shooting was done in Norway,[3] in particular in Grimstad.[4] The adaptation is the first film screenplay written by Lydia Elizabeth Hayward.[5]
Plot
In Norway a shipping magnate frames his absent brother-in-law for theft and betrayal of his mistress.
Cast
- Ellen Terry - Widow Bernick
- Norman McKinnel - John Halligan
- Mary Rorke - Mrs. Halligan
- Joan Lockton - Diana Dorf
- Irene Rooke - Martha Karsten
- Lydia Hayward - Lena Hessel
- Charles Ashton - Dick Alward
- John Kelt - Parson Rogers
- Pamela Neville - Florence
- Lovat Cave-Chinn - Olaf Hessel
