Sweet and Twenty

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Sweet and Twenty
Directed bySidney Morgan
Written by
Produced byFrank E. Spring
Starring
Production
company
Progress Films
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
  • November 1919 (1919-11)[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languages

Sweet and Twenty is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Marguerite Blanche, Langhorn Burton and George Keene.

It adapts a play by Basil Hood.[2][3][4]

The film revolves around the son of a cleric who leaves to Australia after being court-martialled.[5] It had five reels.[6]

Cast

Reception

"Sweet and Twenty is a charmingly produced English film, with story, photogtaphy, and-acting well above the average.", wrote The Era. [7]

References

  1. Low p.460
  2. "Production of Sweet and Twenty | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. Grein, James Thomas (1902). Dramatic criticism. John Long.
  4. Cheshire, Ellen; Clarke, James (2 March 2017). Electric Pictures: A Guide to the Films, Film-Makers & Cinemas of Worthing & Shoreham. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-8202-3.
  5. Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-83702-2.
  6. Low, Rachael (13 September 2013). History of British Film (Volume 4): The History of the British Film 1918 - 1929. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-20634-4.
  7. The Era 1919-11-26: Vol 82 Iss 4236. Internet Archive. 26 November 1919.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Bibliography

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