No. 5 John Street

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No. 5 John Street
Directed byKenelm Foss
Written byRichard Whiteing (novel)
Kenelm Foss
Produced by
StarringZena Dare
Mary Odette
Lionelle Howard
Cinematography
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed byAstra Films
Release date
December 1921
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

No. 5 John Street is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Zena Dare and Mary Odette and Lionelle Howard.[1] It is based on the 1899 novel by Richard Whiteing.[2][3] The screenplay concerns a soap-making heiress who disguises herself as a worker.

Plot[]

A soap-making heiress disguises herself as a worker and gets employment at her own family's factory to find out about ordinary conditions. However she comes under threat from an anarchist.

Cast[]

References[]

  1. ^ Low p.418
  2. ^ Whiteing, Richard (1899). No. 5 John Street (4th ed.). London: Grant Richards.
  3. ^ "Review of No. 5, John Street by Richard Whiteing". The Athenaeum (3725). 18 March 1899.

Bibliography[]

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

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