The Last Rose of Summer (film)
The Last Rose of Summer is a British silent motion picture of 1920 directed by Albert Ward, produced by G. B. Samuelson, and starring Owen Nares and Daisy Burrell. A drama, it was written by Roland Pertwee, based on a novel by Hugh Conway.
| The Last Rose of Summer | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Albert Ward |
| Produced by | G. B. Samuelson |
| Written by | Roland Pertwee Hugh Conway (novel) |
| Starring | Owen Nares Daisy Burrell |
Release date | 1920 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
In The Last Rose of Summer Oliver Selwyn is a collector who woos Lotus Devine, but not for herself alone. The movie has been called "a melodramatic tale of a spinster betrayed for the sake of a valuable teaset".[1]
Cast
Daisy Burrell in 1919, on the cover of Pictures and Picturegoer
- Daisy Burrell as Lotus Devine
- Owen Nares as Oliver Selwyn
- Minna Grey as Amy Palliser
- Tom Reynolds as Palliser
- Richard Barry as Alf Purvis
- John Phelps as Percy Melville
Notes
- Kenton Bamford, Distorted images: British national identity and film in the 1920s (1999), p. 8
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