The film was the subject of a court case after its distributor Phillips Film Company refused to circulate it on the grounds of its alleged poor quality. The director Bentley sued for slander and won a judgement in his favour in the early 1920s.[3] However, the negative publicity surrounding the film severely damaged the reputation of the British Actors Film Company which had been relaunched after the First World War with ambitious production plans but was eventually forced to merge with one of its larger rivals.
lackey, lady, 1919, british, silent, drama, film, directed, thomas, bentley, starring, leslie, howard, matthews, travers, based, novel, gallon, directed, bythomas, bentleywritten, bytom, gallon, novel, thomas, bentleystarringleslie, howarda, matthewsroy, trave. The Lackey and the Lady is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Leslie Howard A E Matthews and Roy Travers It was based on a novel by Tom Gallon The Lackey and the LadyDirected byThomas BentleyWritten byTom Gallon novel Thomas BentleyStarringLeslie HowardA E MatthewsRoy TraversProductioncompanyBritish Actors Film CompanyDistributed byPhillips Film CompanyRelease dateMarch 1919 1 CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget 4 000 2 The film was the subject of a court case after its distributor Phillips Film Company refused to circulate it on the grounds of its alleged poor quality The director Bentley sued for slander and won a judgement in his favour in the early 1920s 3 However the negative publicity surrounding the film severely damaged the reputation of the British Actors Film Company which had been relaunched after the First World War with ambitious production plans but was eventually forced to merge with one of its larger rivals Contents 1 Cast 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksCast editLeslie Howard as Tony Dunciman A E Matthews Roy Travers Alban Atwood as Mr Dunciman F Pope Stamper as Garrett Woodruffe Mary Odette Violet Graham Adelaide Grace Jeff Barlow Gladys Foyle Athol FordReferences edit Low p 394 Date of Trade Show Low p 274 Low p 145Bibliography editLow Rachael History of the British Film 1918 1929 George Allen amp Unwin 1971 External links editThe Lackey and the Lady at IMDb nbsp This article related to a British film of the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Lackey and the Lady amp oldid 1174203894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
