Profit and the Loss is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and Eliot Stannard and starring James Carew, Randle Ayrton and Margaret Halstan.[2]

It adapts a play (Profit - and the Loss) by H.F. Maltby.[3]

Plot

When friends fail him, a tenant farmer turns to making money.

Cast

  • James Carew - Dicky Bransome
  • Randle Ayrton - Jenkins
  • Margaret Halstan
  • Saba Raleigh

References

  1. ^ Low p.298
  2. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | the PROFIT AND THE LOSS (1917)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.


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