Florence Nightingale (1915 film)
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
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Production company | British & Colonial Kinematograph Company |
Distributed by | Ideal Films |
Release date | March 1915 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Florence Nightingale is a 1915 British silent historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and A.V. Bramble.[1] The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56). The film was based on Edward Tyas Cook's biography of Nightingale.
Cast[]
- Elisabeth Risdon as Florence Nightingale
- Fred Groves as Doctor
- A.V. Bramble as Sydney Herbert
- M. Gray Murray
- Beatrix Templeton
- Pauline Peters
References[]
- ^ Murphy p.179
Bibliography[]
- Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1915 films
- 1910s biographical drama films
- 1910s historical drama films
- British films
- British black-and-white films
- British biographical drama films
- British historical drama films
- British silent feature films
- English-language films
- Crimean War films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- Films about Florence Nightingale
- Cultural depictions of Florence Nightingale
- Films set in the 1850s
- Films set in England
- 1910s British film stubs