At the Villa Rose (1920 film)

At the Villa Rose
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Sinclair Hill
Based on	At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason
Starring	Norman Page Manora Thew Langhorn Burton Teddy Arundell
Cinematography	Paul Burger
Production company	Stoll Pictures
Release dates	1920
Running time	6276 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent

At the Villa Rose is a 1920 British silent detective film based on the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason. The feature was directed by Maurice Elvey and stars Manora Thew and Langhorn Burton. A print of the film survives at the British Film Institute archives.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Inspector Hanaud is asked to investigate a murder in which a young woman is accused of murdering her wealthy employer in a Riviera mansion and then running away. She is innocent, but the villain is able to make her seem guilty. Hanaud uncovers the truth, that the murder was the result of a jewel robbery gone wrong.

Cast

Eva Westlake - Madame Dauvray
J.L. Boston - Besnard
Joan Beverley - Adele Rossignol
Kate Gurney - Helene
Manora Thew - Celia Harland
Teddy Arundell - Inspector Hanaud
Norman Page - Julius Ricardo
Armand Lenders - Perichet
Langhorn Burton - Harry Weathermill

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "British novelist A.E.W. Mason is best known for his jingoistic adventure story {-The Four Feathers}. At the Villa Rose is a lesser but no less florid Mason work. Manora Thew stars as a phony medium, working the suckers in Monaco." ^[3]

References

↑ "At the Villa Rose (1920)". British Film Institute.
↑ Rachael Low (13 September 2013). History of British Film (Volume 4): The History of the British Film 1918 - 1929. Routledge. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-1-136-20634-4.
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/84086/At-the-Villa-Rose/overview

External links

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

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