Trilby (1914 film)
Trilby is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Viva Birkett, and Charles Rock.[1] It is based on Tree's 1895 stage production of Trilby, itself an adaptation of the 1894 novel of the same name by George du Maurier.
Premise[]
Trilby, a young singer, falls under the dominance of Svengali.
Cast[]
- Herbert Beerbohm Tree – Svengali
- Viva Birkett – Trilby O'Farrell
- Charles Rock – Sandy McAllister
- Ion Swinley – Little Billee
- Philip Merivale – Taffy Wynne
- Wyndham Guise – Mr O'Ferrall
- Cicely Richards – Madame Vinard
- Douglas Munro – Reverend Bagot
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Categories:
- 1914 films
- British films
- 1914 drama films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Harold M. Shaw
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by George du Maurier
- British silent feature films
- British drama films
- Trilby (novel)
- British films based on plays
- 1910s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films