- Nell Gwyn (1926 film)
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Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton.[1] It was based on the novel Mistress Nell Gwynne by Joseph Shearing and follows the life of Nell Gwynne the mistress of Charles II. Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934 Nell Gwynn which starred Anna Neagle.
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Cast
- Dorothy Gish - Nell Gwyn
- Randle Ayrton - Charles II
- Juliette Compton - Lady Castlemaine
- Sydney Fairbrother - Mrs. Gwyn
- Donald Macardle - Duke of Monmouth
- Johnny Butt - Samuel Pepys
- Gibb McLaughlin - Duke of York
- Judd Green - Toby Clinker
- Edward Sorley - Dickon
- Forrester Harvey - Charles Hart
- Fred Rains - Earl of Shaftesbury
- Rolf Leslie - Evelyn
- Aubrey Fitzgerald - Tom Killigrew
- Tom Coventry - Innkeeper
- Booth Conway - Messenger
- Dorinea Shirley - Maid
References
Bibliography
- Street, Sarah. Transatlantic crossings: British feature films in the United States. Continuum International Publishing, 2002.
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The films of Herbert Wilcox 1920s Chu-Chin-Chow (1923) • Southern Love (1924) • Decameron Nights (1924) • Nell Gwyn (1926) • London (1926) • Mumsie (1927) • Tip Toes (1927) • Madame Pompadour (1927) • The Only Way (1927) • Dawn (1928) • The Bondman (1929) • The Woman in White (1929)1930s The Loves of Robert Burns (1930) • The Chance of a Night Time (1931) • Carnival (1931) • The Blue Danube (1932) • Goodnight, Vienna (1932) • Money Means Nothing (1932) • The King's Cup (1933) • The Little Damozel (1933) • Bitter Sweet (1933) • Yes, Mr. Brown (1933) • The Queen's Affair (1934) • Nell Gwyn (1934) • Peg of Old Drury (1935) • Three Maxims (1936) • London Melody (1937) • Limelight (1937) • Victoria the Great (1937) • Sixty Glorious Years (1938) • This'll Make You Whistle (1938) • Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)1940s Irene (1940) • No, No, Nanette (1940) • Sunny (1941) • They Flew Alone (1942) • Forever and a Day (1943) • Yellow Canary (1943) • I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) • Piccadilly Incident (1946) • The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) • Spring in Park Lane (1948) • Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948) • Maytime in Mayfair (1949)1950s Odette (1950) • Into the Blue (1950) • The Lady with the Lamp (1951) • Derby Day (1952) • Trent's Last Case (1952) • Laughing Anne (1953) • Trouble in the Glen (1954) • Lilacs in the Spring (1954) • King's Rhapsody (1955) • My Teenage Daughter (1956) • These Dangerous Years (1957) • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958) Wonderful Things! (1958) • The Lady Is a Square (1959) • The Heart of a Man (1959)Categories:- 1926 films
- British films
- Romance films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Herbert Wilcox
- Films set in the 17th century
- Films set in London
- Biographical films
- 1920s British film stubs
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