Ernest Maltravers is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Jack Denton and starring Cowley Wright, Lillian Hall-Davis and Gordon Hopkirk. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Ernest Maltravers by Edward Bulwer-Lytton which had previously been made into an American film Ernest Maltravers in 1914.
Réalisé parAlfred Hitchcock, Graham Cuts OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame ActeursClive Brook, Marjorie Daw, Alice Joyce, Marjorie Daw, Victor McLaglen, Lillian Hall-Davis Note62% The marriage between Adrian and Drusilla St. Clair (Brook and Joyce) has become unsatisfactory and loveless since Adrian's return from World War I, with the couple treating each other with cold distance. Seeking escape from his unfulfilled home life, Adrian takes off to the East End of London where he disguises himself as a shabby itinerant. There he meets a pretty young waif Vicky (Marjorie Daw) and takes on the role of her unofficial protector.
Réalisé parAdrian Brunel OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Guerre ThèmesPolitique ActeursEllaline Terriss, Lillian Hall-Davis, Jameson Thomas, Wally Patch Note60% With the outbreak of World War I, Sir Francis and Lady Villiers (Annesley Healey and Ellaline Terriss) and daughter Ann (Lillian Hall-Davis) watch son of the household Robin (Godfrey Winn) and family chauffeur David Marshall (Jameson Thomas) go off to fight. David does well in the army and is quickly promoted through the ranks, while Robin falls in love with and marries a local girl. Robin is killed in action on the Western Front, leaving his bride a young widow with a baby.