The Toilers (1919 film)

The Toilers
The Toilers
Directed by	Tom Watts
Written by	R. C. Sherriff; Eliot Stannard
Based on	novel Toilers of the Sea; by Victor Hugo
Produced by	Neville Bruce
Starring	Manora Thew; George Dewhurst; Gwynne Herbert; Ronald Colman
Cinematography	E. G. Egrot
Production; company	Diamond Super Film Company
Distributed by	Neville Bruce, Limited
Release dates	March 1919 (UK); 27 March 1919 (US);
Running time	5 reels
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent

The Toilers is a 1919 British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London.^[2] Two of five reels survive.^[3]

Cast

Manora Thew as Rose
George Dewhurst as Jack
Gwynne Herbert as Mother
Ronald Colman as Bob
Eric Barker as Jack (as a child)
John Corrie as Lighthouse Keeper
Mollie Terraine as Merchant's Daughter

References

^ ^a ^b "The Toilers". silentera.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "The Toilers (1919)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ Frank, Sam (1997). Ronald Colman: A Bio-Bibliography. Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts (No. 74). Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-26433-3. p. 61.

External links

The Toilers at IMDb
The Toilers (1919) at the British Film Institute
The Toilers at silentera.com

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[silentera-1] "The Toilers". silentera.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[2] "The Toilers (1919)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[3] Frank, Sam (1997). Ronald Colman: A Bio-Bibliography. Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts (No. 74). Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-26433-3. p. 61.

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